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Somalis overwhelmingly prefer the demonym Somali over the incorrect Somalian since the former is an endonym, while the latter is an exonym with double suffixes. [62] The hypernym of the term Somali from a geopolitical sense is Horner and from an ethnic sense, it is Cushite. [63]
Somali is the official language of Somalia. It is the mother tongue of Somalis, the nation's most populous ethnic group. [26] The language is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. [27] In addition to Somali, Arabic, which is also an Afroasiatic tongue, [28] is another official language in Somalia.
Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the nation under international law, whereas citizenship is the domestic relationship of an individual and the state. [5] [6] [Notes 1] Somali nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus soli, i.e. by birth in Somalia, or jus sanguinis, born to parents with Somali ...
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...
Ethnic Somali people (13 C, 262 P) Somali Bantu (5 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Somalia" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Pages in category "Ethnic Somali people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 262 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
also: Countries: Somalia: People This category is about people who are nationals of Somalia . For people of the Somali ethnic group , see Category:Ethnic Somali people .