Somali people

E106434
Cushitic people ethnic group

The Somali people are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa, known for their shared Somali language, predominantly Muslim faith, and rich pastoral and trading traditions.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Somali people canonical 42
Issa Somali people 2
Somali-American 2

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
clanStructure segmentary lineage system ⓘ
commonLawSystem Xeer (Somali customary law) ⓘ
culturalRegion Greater Somalia ⓘ
diaspora Somali diaspora ⓘ
ethnicReligion Islam ⓘ
ethnonym Somali ⓘ
historicalOccupation Indian Ocean seafaring ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
historicalState Adal Sultanate ⓘ
Ajuran Sultanate ⓘ
Geledi Sultanate ⓘ
Isaaq Sultanate ⓘ
Warsangali Sultanate ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages
majorClanFamily Darod ⓘ
Dir ⓘ
Hartis ⓘ
Hawiye ⓘ
Isaaq ⓘ
Rahanweyn ⓘ
majorDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
nativeTo Horn of Africa ⓘ
notableCuisineElement bariis iskukaris ⓘ
camel milk ⓘ
canjeero (anjero) ⓘ
oralTradition strong poetic culture ⓘ
primaryCountry Somalia ⓘ
primaryLanguage Somali language ⓘ
religiousSchool Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Canada ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Yemen ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity camel herding ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic herding ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalPoetryForm gabay ⓘ
geeraar ⓘ
traditionalRegion Djibouti ⓘ
North Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Somali Peninsula

Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Somali poetic tradition (regional recognition) ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ
Borama script ⓘ
Kaddare script ⓘ
Osmanya script ⓘ
Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asha Hagi Elmi → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Horn of Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Tadjourah Region → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Somali → primaryEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Black Canadians → notableSubgroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali Canadians
Utica, New York → ethnicCommunity → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali American community
Djibouti City → populationMajority → Somali people ⓘ
Banaadir → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Italian Somaliland → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → namedAfter → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Issa Somali people
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Issa Somali people
Puntland → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Hirshabelle → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Dikhil Region → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Obock Region → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Osmanya script → usedByCommunity → Somali people ⓘ
Oromo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia → ethnicMajority → Somali people ⓘ
subject surface form: Somali Region
Somali Region of Ethiopia → hasEthnicBasis → Somali people ⓘ
subject surface form: Somali Region
this entity surface form: Somali ethnicity
Ogaden conflict → hasEthnicBasis → Somali people ⓘ
Ogaden conflict → relatedEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali people in Ethiopia
Muslim American → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali American
Barkhad Abdi → nationality → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali-American
Faysal Ahmed → nationality → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali-American
Northern Somali → spokenBy → Somali people ⓘ
Qafar → relatedEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Ogaden → ethnicMajority → Somali people ⓘ
Ogaden → inhabitedBy → Somali people ⓘ
Iman → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland → appliesToEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somalis
HMS Somali → namedAfter → Somali people ⓘ
Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Meru people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Somali people ⓘ
Lower Shabelle → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somalis
Coat of arms of Djibouti → symbolizes → Somali people ⓘ
Hassan Ali Khaire → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Hamza Abdi Barre → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Benadir → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Emblem of Somalia → represents → Somali people ⓘ
Mohamed Hussein Roble → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Benadir region → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
southern Somalia → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Somalia
Lower Shabelle region → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
subject surface form: Lower Shabelle
Afgooye District → hasPredominantEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Northern Kenya → hasIndigenousPeople → Somali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali people in Kenya
central Somalia → hasEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Somalia
Galguduud → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Hawiye → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Darod → ethnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ
Dobley → demographicsEthnicGroup → Somali people ⓘ