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Somali (/səˈmɑːli,soʊ-/sə-MAH-lee, soh-;[4][5] Latin script: Af-Soomaali; Wadaad: اَف سٝومالِ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 [æ̀fsɔ̀ːmɑ́ːlì])[6] is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language in Somalia and Ethiopia,[7] and a national language in Djibouti as well as in northeastern Kenya. The Somali language is written officially with the Latin alphabet although the Arabic alphabet and several Somali scripts like Osmanya, Kaddare and the Borama script are informally used.[8][9]
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transcribe the Somalilanguage. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet is the most widely used. It has been the official writing script in Somalia since the Supreme...
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are ethnic Somalis. The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary language. The people of Somalia are Muslims...
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