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About Somali

Native name
Soomaali
ISO code
ISO 639-1: so · ISO 639-3: som
Language family
Afro-Asiatic › Cushitic
Script
Latin
Native speakers
22 million
Second-language speakers
0.5 million
Official language in
Somalia
Also spoken in
Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya
Official language Also spoken

Somali is a Cushitic language spoken in Somalia and the neighbouring regions of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. It has been written in the Latin alphabet since 1972.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025

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