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Preferred term

somSomali  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Somali language (; ) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies beginning before 1900.

Entry terms

  • Somali language

ISO 639-1 code

  • so

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • som

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • som

ISO 639-3 code

  • som

Notation

  • som

In other languages

  • somali

    French

  • Somali
  • Somali

    German

  • somalo

    Italian

  • Lingua somala
  • Portuguese

  • Língua somali
  • somalí

    Spanish

  • Idioma somalí

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/som

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