Somali

E41110

Afroasiatic language Cushitic language language

Somali is a Cushitic language spoken primarily in Somalia and neighboring regions of the Horn of Africa, serving as a major lingua franca and national language for the Somali people.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Somali canonical	95
Somali language	14
Af-Soomaali	1
Somali languages	1
Somali people	1
shilin Soomaali	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Cushitic language ⓘ language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
glottocode	soma1255 ⓘ
grammaticalFeature	case marking on nouns ⓘ gender system with masculine and feminine ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasDialect	Ashraf ⓘ Banaadir ⓘ surface form: Benaadir Benadiri Somali ⓘ Digil ⓘ Maay ⓘ Northern Somali ⓘ Rahanweyn ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	so ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	som ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	som ⓘ
languageFamily	Cushitic ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
linguaFrancaOf	North Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ Somalia ⓘ
nativeName	Somali self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Af-Soomaali
nativeSpeakersApprox	15 million ⓘ
officialStatus	official language of Somalia ⓘ official language of Somaliland ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	consonant length contrast ⓘ tonal accents or pitch accent ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
previousWritingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Borama script ⓘ Kaddare script ⓘ Osmanya script ⓘ
primaryCountry	Somalia ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup	Somali people ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Djibouti ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ
region	Horn of Africa ⓘ
regulatingBody	Somali Academy of Science and Arts ⓘ
scriptHistory	Latin script officially adopted in 1972 ⓘ
standardBasedOn	dialects of northern Somalia ⓘ
standardVariety	Northern Somali ⓘ
subfamily	Cushitic ⓘ surface form: Lowland East Cushitic
totalSpeakersApprox	20 million ⓘ
usedIn	Somali literature ⓘ Somali media ⓘ education in Somalia ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

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

Ethiopia → recognizedLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Mogadishu → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Mogadishu → dominantEthnicGroup → Somali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somali people

Djibouti → recognizedNationalLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Djibouti → ethnicGroupMajority → Somali ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Islamic world → hasLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Somalia → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Somalia → demonym → Somali ⓘ

Somalia → nationalLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Somali ⓘ

East Africa → widelySpokenLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Somali → nativeName → Somali self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Af-Soomaali

World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Italian East Africa → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Djibouti City → commonlySpokenLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Federal Government of Somalia → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Somali shilling → hasLocalName → Somali ⓘ

this entity surface form: shilin Soomaali

Somali shilling → hasLocalNameLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Prime Minister of Somalia → languageUsed → Somali ⓘ

Federal Parliament of Somalia → languageUsed → Somali ⓘ

Afgooye → language → Somali ⓘ

Jowhar → languageSpoken → Somali ⓘ

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → usedLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Galmudug → hasOfficialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Jubaland → hasOfficialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Jubaland → hasEthnicGroup → Somali ⓘ

Somaliland → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Puntland → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Somali people → ethnonym → Somali ⓘ

Hirshabelle → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Berbera → ethnicGroup → Somali ⓘ

Berbera → officialLanguage → Somali ⓘ

Bossaso → languageUsed → Somali ⓘ

al-Shabaab → languageUsed → Somali ⓘ

Afar language → closelyRelatedTo → Somali ⓘ