Somali language
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| Somali | |
|---|---|
| af Soomaali الصوماليه |
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| Native to | Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen, Kenya and the Somali community in the Middle East, Europe and North America. |
| Native speakers | 12-20 million native speakers and at least 500,000 second language speakers. (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin,Osmanya script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Somalia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | so |
| ISO 639-2 | som |
| ISO 639-3 | som |
Somali (Arabic: الصوماليه) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen and Kenya, as well as by the Somali diaspora around the world -- an estimated total population of between 10 and 16 million speakers.
The writing system of the somali language is the Latin alphabet since 1960.
