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Somali language


Name	Somali
Nativename	af Soomaali الصومالية
States	Somalia Somaliland (unrecognised state) Djibouti Ethiopia Yemen Kenya Somali communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America
Speakers	13-25 million native speakers and maybe 500,000 second language speakers.
Familycolor	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2	Cushitic
Fam3	East
Fam4	Omo � Tana
Fam5	Somali languages
Nation	Somalia
Iso1	so
Iso2	som
Iso3	som
Script	Latin, Arabic, Osmanya
Notice	IPA

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The Somali language ( ; ) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies beginning before 1900.

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