Somalis
Sign in to savethumb|A Somali man in a traditional Kofia (hat)|Koofiyad|231x231px The Somalis (, ) (, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. thumb|230px|XIX century map showing the Somali territories prior to the Scramble for Africa as fully integrated with the Adal region The Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are predominantly Sunni Muslim. Forming one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent, they cover one of the most expansive landmasses by a
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Somalis are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula in Africa who share a common language, culture, and predominantly Sunni Muslim faith, making them one of the continent's largest ethnic groups. They are significant as a major population spanning one of Africa's most expansive territories, with a shared linguistic and cultural identity rooted in the Cushitic language family.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Somalis
- Ethnic group.population
- 27.7 million center|frameless|260x260px
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Horn of Africa
- Ethnic group.image
- Greater Somalia (orthographic projection).svg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Traditional area inhabited by the Somali ethnic group
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 18,143,378 (2023)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 4,581,793 (2007)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 2,780,502 (2019)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 586,000 (2019)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 500,000 (2014)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 176,645 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 247,769 (2024)
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28 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Clan system
- Religion
- Languages
- Culture
- Music
- Cinema and theatre
- Art
- Clothing
- Men
- Women
- Sports
- Cuisine
- Literature
- Law
- Architecture
- Ethnic flag
- Geographic distribution
- Genetics
- Uniparental lineages
- Autosomal ancestry
- Somali studies
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|A Somali man in a traditional Kofia (hat)|Koofiyad|231x231px The Somalis (, ) (, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. thumb|230px|XIX century map showing the Somali territories prior to the Scramble for Africa as fully integrated with the Adal region The Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are predominantly Sunni Muslim. Forming one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent, they cover one of the most expansive landmasses by a single ethnic group in Africa.
According to most scholars, the ancient Land of Punt and its native inhabitants formed part of the ethnogenesis of the Somali people. This ancient historical kingdom is where a great portion of their cultural traditions and ancestry are said to derive from. Somalis and their country have long been identified with the term Barbar (or )—12th-century geographer al-Idrisi, for example, identified the Somali Peninsula as Barbara, and classical sources from the Greeks and Romans similarly refer to the region as the second Barbaria.
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