索馬里語

Also known as so, Af Soomaali, Somali, Somali language

Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch

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Somali is a language spoken primarily in Somalia and surrounding regions in the Horn of Africa, and it belongs to the Cushitic branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family. It matters because it is the primary language of millions of people in the region and serves as an important marker of cultural and ethnic identity for Somali-speaking communities.

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Commons category: Somali language
Wikimedia language code: so
native label: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 16200000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SOM
short name: самалійская
P10369: PHP
P11012: 1975 Uber Cup
entry in abbreviations table: сомал.

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Article · 中文

索馬里語（索馬利亞語：Af-Soomaali；[æ̀f sɔ̀ːmɑ́ːlì]）屬於亞非語系庫希特語族，為非洲東部國家索馬里的官方語言。索馬里語也使用在衣索比亞、蘇丹及肯尼亞等地區。1922年後索馬里開始採用由奧斯曼·尤瑟夫·肯納迪所研創的奧斯曼亞字母來拼寫，在1960年代時奧斯曼亞字母與拉丁字母兩者並行使用。自1972年起全面採用拉丁字母來拼寫，不過在一些私人及特殊場合也會用奧斯曼亞字母的書寫法。

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