Somali languages
Group of Lowland East Cushitic languages of East Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Somali language or Languages of Somalia.
The Somali languages form a group that are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They are spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Horn of Africa and the Somali diaspora. Even with linguistic differences, Somalis collectively view themselves as speaking dialects of a common language.[2]
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Somali | |
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Geographic distribution | Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya |
Native speakers | 27 million (2020)[1] |
Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic |
Proto-language | Proto-Somali |
Glottolog | None east2653 (East Omo–Tana (partial match)) |
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Some neighboring populations and individuals have also adopted the languages. Somali is for instance used as a second language by Girirra.[3]