what language is spoken in djibouti
Languages [edit]. Djibouti is a multilingual country. According to Ethnologue, the majority of the population speaks Somali (297,200 speakers) or Afar (99,200 speakers) as a first language, which are the mother tongues of the Somali and Afar ethnic groups, respectively.Both languages belong to the larger Afro-Asiatic family.mmigrant languages include Omani Arabic (38,900 speakers), Amharic (1,400 speakers), Greek (1,000 speakers) and Hindi (600 speakers). Additionally, the Somali deaf community in Djibouti uses the Somali Sign Language.