Somali leid

The Somali leid (, ) is a member o the East Cushitic branch o the Afro-Asiatic leid faimily. Its nearest relatives are Afar an Oromo. Somali is the best documentit o the Cushitic leids,A software tool for research in linguistics and lexicography: Application to Somali  wi academic studies beginnin afore 1900.

 Number o speakers 
The exact number o speakers o Somali is unkent. Ane source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers o Somali in Somalie itself (includin Somaliland) an 12.65 million speakers globally.Ethnologue: Somalia Ethnologue.com A population estimate made bi the Dutch Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht puts the Somali population somewhaur atween 10 an 15 million.SOMALIA historical demographic data of the whole country  Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht Combined wi a lairge internaitional expatriate community, it is difficult tae get a specific number o Somali speakers, but somewhaur atween 10 an 16 million warldwide seems a reasonable estimate. Accordin tae Gordon (2005), approximately 13 million fowk speak Somali, but upwards o 25 million individuals are commonly estimatit tae speak the leid. 

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Category:Agglutinative leids
Category:Afro-Asiatic leids
Category:Cushitic leids
Category:East Cushitic leids
Category:Leids o Somalie
Category:Leids o Ethiopie