Somali language

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:first_written_in Arabic script
gptkbp:glottologCode soma1255
gptkbp:has_phonemic tone
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Benadir
gptkb:Northern_Somali
gptkb:Maay
gptkb:Ashraf
gptkbp:hasFeature case system
vowel harmony
subject-object-verb word order
noun gender
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Somali language
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Oromo
English
Swahili
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code so
gptkbp:ISO639-3 som
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Djibouti
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 20 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Djibouti
gptkb:Somalia
gptkb:Somaliland
gptkb:Ethiopian_Somali_Region
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Somali_Academy_of_Science_and_Arts
gptkbp:spoken_in_diaspora gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Somali_people
gptkbp:standardizedBy 1972 (Latin script)
gptkbp:status minority language in Kenya
national language of Djibouti
national language of Somalia
working language of the Somali Region in Ethiopia
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Cushitic_languages
gptkbp:subject language planning
gptkbp:used_in Somali literature
education in Somalia
media in Somalia
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script (historically)
Osmanya script (historically)
Wadaad script (historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northern_Somali
gptkb:Jenny
gptkb:Qaadan_case
gptkb:Osmanya_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6