Somali

Endonyms

Soomaali

Alternate Names

Somali, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga, Standard Somali

Identifiers
ISO code

som

Glottocode

soma1255

Metadata
Countries of origin

Somalia, Somaliland

Also spoken in

Somalia, Somaliland

Writing systems

Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Afro-Asiatic

EGIDS Status

1 - National

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