ISO 639-3 · somsom
Afroasiatic family
Somali
Af-Soomaali
Somali is a language of the Somali languages branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. Wikidata counts 16.2 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
som- ISO 639-1
so- Glottocode
soma1255- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 8.00, 48.00
- Wikipedia
- 118 language editions
16.2 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
3scripts
7levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Somali · Af-Soomaali |
|---|---|
| Also called | so, Af Soomaali, Somali, Somali language |
| L1 speakers | 16,200,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Latin script, Wadaad writing, Osmanya |
| Official in | Somalia, |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Somali
The branches above Somali, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Somalia
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