Somali language
Somali (ISO 639-3 code som) is a language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. It has about 22,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | som |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | soma1255 |
| Family | Afro-Asiatic |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia |
| Speakers (estimate) | 22,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Afro-Asiatic languages, nearest first.
- Amharic57,000,000 speakers
- Awngi500,000 speakers
- Garre57,500 speakers
- Burji46,100 speakers
- Jiiddu33,000 speakers
- Daasanach32,064 speakers
- Nubi25,000 speakers
- Tunni23,000 speakers
- Waata17,400 speakers
- Argobba10,860 speakers
- Tsamai8,621 speakers
- Arbore4,441 speakers
More about Somali
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.