Somali
Af-Soomaali
Somali is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti, by about 16.2 million people.
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Somali ( sə-MAH-lee, soh-; Latin script: Af Soomaali, Wadaad: اف صومالِ, Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 [af soːmaːli]) is a Cushitic language belonging to wider Afroasiatic language family. Somali is spoken primarily in Greater Somalia, and the Somali diaspora as a mother tongue. It is an official language in Somalia, Somaliland, and Ethiopia. It serves as a national language in Djibouti, and is also a recognised minority language in Kenya. The language is officially written with the Somali Latin alphabet, although an Arabic alphabet and several indigenous scripts (Osmanya, Kaddare and Borama) are used informally.
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Written down
Bin aadanke kullidishoon waxa dhaltaan usoo xuriyee inka simanyee dhinace sharafte iyo xuquuqte Wal ilaaheey susiiyi walkas iyo dareen,waane in ladeyee qofe inaas suladhaqmee qofe kale si walaaltinimo kajiree.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Somali
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | hooyo | |
| father | aabo | |
| child | ilmo | |
| man | nin | |
| woman | afo | |
| person | qof | |
| name | magac | |
| friend | saaxiib | |
| eye | indho | |
| ear | dheg | |
| nose | san | |
| tooth | ilig | |
| tongue | carrab | |
| hand | gacan | |
| heart | wadne | |
| head | madax | |
| blood | dhiig | |
| skin | dub | |
| knee | jilib | |
| breast | laab | |
| liver | beer | |
| water | biyo | |
| fire | dab | |
| moon | dayax | |
| star | xiddig | |
| sky | cir | |
| rain | roob | |
| snow | baraf | |
| wind | dabayl | |
| stone | dhagax |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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