Question: are somali and arabic similar?
Answer: Somali is a Cushtic language related to Afar and Oromo. ... Arabic is a Semitic language related to Hebrew, Amharic, Aramaic and the Southern Arabean languages such as Mahri, Hoblot and Socotri. Arabic and Somali do share some similar sounds but are grammatical different. Somali uses the Latin script unlike Arabic.