Somali language
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Somali (Arabic: الصوماليه) is a Cushitic language. It is 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.
| Somali | ||||
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| Af-Soomaali اللغة الصومالية | ||||
| Native to | Somalia (and Somaliland), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen, Kenya | |||
| Region | Horn of Africa | |||
| Native speakers | 16.6 million (2006) | |||
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | ||||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Somalia | |||
| Regulated by | Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | so | |||
| ISO 639-2 | som | |||
| ISO 639-3 | som | |||
 Somali-speaking region | ||||
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The writing system of the Somali language has been Latin alphabet since 1960.
