what language somalians speak
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: From Wikipedia.org: Somalia is unique in Africa because all inhabitants speak a native language. Somali is the main language. Somali is used virtually everywhere and nearly every Somali citizen speaks it. Minority languages do exist such as Af-Maay which is spoken in areas in South-Central Somalia by Rahanweyn tribes and variants of Swahili (Barawe) is spoken along the coast by Arabs. A considerable amount of Somalis speak Arabic due to religious reasons and ties with the Arab world and media.