what language do they speak in Somalia?

Answer 1

its got 2 differnt cultures, the somalians speak somalian & the other culture is bravanese which they speak bravanese
(swahili dialect)

Answer 2

They speak Somalian, but whoever said most African nations speak their country's language is false. Unlike the US, most villages in Africa, even under the same country, speak their own language. Swahili is the Universal language of Africa if there is one.

Answer 3

Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian


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Answer 4

Give the points to Switluv. She's right on the money

Answer 5

its some dialect, but i think its called somailan. most african nations name the language after the tribe or country name

Answer 6

Living languages

Arabic,

Standard [arb] Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic


Boni [bob]

Few if any speakers in Somalia (1991). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Rendille-Boni


Boon [bnl] 59 (2000 WCD).

Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, scattered in the bush and live in settlements of 2 or 3 houses with their closest relatives. Alternate names: Af-Boon. Dialects: There are similarities to Somali. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Nearly extinct.


Dabarre [dbr] 26,753 (2000 WCD).

Spoken by the Dabarre clan around Dhiinsoor District, May Region, and the Iroole Clan in nearby Baraawe District, Lower Shabeelle Region, and in Qansax Dheere. Alternate names: Af-Dabarre. Dialects: Dabarre, Iroole (Af-Iroole). A very distinctive language in the Digil clan family. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali

English [eng]

Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English


Garre [gex] 50,000 (1992).

Ethnic population: Possibly several hundred thousand in the ethnic group (1992). Dominate areas of southern Somalia, especially in the Wanle Weyn-Buur Hakaba area; Baydhaba, Dhiinsoor, Buurhakaba, and Qoryooley districts; Middle and Lower Shabeelle and Bay regions. Alternate names: Af-Garre. Dialects: Reported to be linguistically close to Boni. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali

Jiiddu [jii] 29,726 (2000 WCD).

Lower Shabeelle Bay and Middle Jubba regions, Qoryooley, Dhiinsoor, Jilib, and Buurhakaba districts. Alternate names: Jiddu, Af-Jiiddu. Dialects: A distinct language from Somali and Tunni, usually grouped under the Digil dialects or languages. Different sentence structure and phonology from Somali. Closer to Somali than to Baiso. Some similarities to Konsoid languages and to Gedeo, Alaba, Hadiyya, and Kambaata. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali

Maay [ymm] 594,520 (2000 WCD).

700,000 to 1,500,000 including the Digil dialects or languages. Southern Somalia, Gedo Region, Middle and Lower Shabeelle, Middle and Lower Jubba, Baay, and Bakool regions. Alternate names: Af-Maay Tiri, Af-Maay, Af-May, Af-Maymay, Rahanween, Rahanweyn. Dialects: Af-Helledi. It may be more than one language; the dialects form a continuum. Standard Somali is difficult or unintelligible to Maay speakers, except for those who have learned it through mass communications, urbanization, and internal movement. Different sentence structure and phonology from Somali. The Rahanwiin (Rahanweyn) clan confederacy speak various Maay dialects or languages. Af-Helledi is a Maay secret language used by hunters. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali


Mushungulu [xma] 20,000 to 50,000 (1992).

Southern Somalia, Jamaame District of Lower Jubba Region, centered in Jamaame District, and some in urban areas in nearby Kismaayo and in Muqdisho. Alternate names: Kimushungulu, Mushunguli. Dialects: May be the same as, or intelligible with, Zigula or Shambaa. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.30)

Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji [gax] 41,616 in Somalia (2000 WCD).

Gedo Region. Alternate names: Southern Oromo. Dialects: Borana (Booran, Boran). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Oromo

Somali [som]

7,784,434 in Somalia (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 12,653,480. Throughout the country. Also spoken in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Finland, Italy, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Yemen. Alternate names: Af-Soomaali, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Common Somali, Standard Somali. Dialects: Northern Somali, Benaadir, Af-Ashraaf (Ashraaf). Northern Somali is the basis for Standard Somali. It is readily intelligible to speakers of Benaadir Somali, but difficult or unintelligible to most Maay and Digil speakers. Those in Merka and Muqdisho speak Af-Ashraaf, a distinct variety which may have limited inherent intelligibility to speakers of Standard Somali. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali


Swahili [swh

] 40,000 in Somalia (1992). The Mwini live in Baraawe (Brava), Lower Shabeelle, and were scattered in cities and towns of southern Somalia. Most have fled to Kenya because of the civil war. The Bajun live in Kismaayo District and the neighboring coast. Dialects: Mwini (Mwiini, Chimwiini, Af-Chimwiini, Barwaani, Bravanese), Bajuni (Kibajuni, Bajun, Af-Bajuun, Mbalazi, Chimbalazi). Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.40)


Tunni [tqq]

29,726 (2000 WCD). Lower Shabeelle and Middle Jubba regions, Dhiinsoor, Baraawe, and Jilib districts. Alternate names: Af-Tunni. Dialects: Distinct from Somali or Jiiddu, usually grouped under the Digil dialects or languages. Different sentence structure and phonology from Somali. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali

Answer 7

somalian.