The endoglossic language of Somalia has always been Somali, although throughout Somalia's history various exoglossic languages have also been used at a...

best-documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies of the language dating back to the late 19th century. The Somali language is spoken in Somali inhabited...

the languages. Somali is for instance used as a second language by speakers of Girirra. Somali variations form a group of East Cushitic languages that...

Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary language. Somalia has historic and religious...

Demographic features of Somalia's inhabitants include ethnicity, language, population density, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations...

Italian Somalis (Italian: Italo-somali) are Somali-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated...

The Macro-Somali or Somaloid languages, or (in the conception of Bernd Heine, who does not include Baiso) Sam languages, are a branch of the Lowland East...

culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term Somali from a...

and of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region. Somali is the first of two official languages of Somalia and three official languages of the republic of Somaliland...

East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, and...

The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as...

The Somali Bantus (also known as Jareerweyne or Gosha) are a Bantu ethnic minority group in Somalia who primarily reside in the southern part of the country...

Northern Somali (Somali: Af Waqooyi, alternatively known as Maxaa Tiri) is a dialect of the Somali language and forms the basis for Standard Somali. It is...

often spoken), is one of the Somali languages. It is mainly spoken in Somalia and adjacent parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. In Somalia, it is spoken in South...

over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic, with English and Italian used as well. Education in Somalia is not widespread, with nearly 85% of children...

Tagalog, Sindhi, Odia Hebrew and some languages in parts of Africa, such as Hausa, Amharic, Tigrigna, Somali, Tamazight, and Swahili. Conversely, Arabic...

Somali (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya)...

The languages of Djibouti include Afar, Arabic, Somali and French. Somali and Afar are the most widely spoken tongues, and Arabic and French serve as...

(ethnic Somalis who speak a different but closely related language to their fellow Somalis), the first 3 ethnic groups speak Bantu languages whilst the...

Af-Dabarre) is a Somali language spoken by the Dabarre and Ciroole, both sub-clans of the Digil clan family of Somalis inhabiting southwestern Somalia. It has...

Transliteration: Mahrīyyt] is the most spoken of the Modern South Arabian languages (MSALs), a subgroup of the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is spoken...

Music of the Somali people (Somali: Muusiga Soomaalida) is music following the musical styles, techniques and sounds of the Somali people. Somali people...

southern Somalia. The language is typically classified among the Digil group of Somali languages. Tunni is distinct from Somali, with a different phonology...

of Somalia (FGS; Somali: Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya, DFS; Arabic: الحكومة الفيدرالية الصومالية) is the internationally recognised government of Somalia...

Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places...

established in Hargeisa. Languages of Somaliland Woodford, Doreen E. (2006). "The beginning and growth of a new language: Somali Sign Language". Enabling Education...

The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war...

as a Somali or Maay dialect, but as a language variety of its own" A similar level of skepticism towards the labelling of other Omo-Tana languages in Somalia...

language and among the five languages of Africa with the largest mother-tongue populations. Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of Ethiopia...