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Languages Spoken in Somalia

Official: Arabic and Somali

Somalia has a population of 13.0 million and is home to a small number of language communities, with 3 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Arabic and Somali serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Somalia, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

13.0M
Population
3
Languages
3
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Languages spoken in Somalia

Somali Official
Latin script, Osmanya
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78%
CLDR
Arabic Official
Arabic Braille, Arabic alphabet
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34%
CLDR
Swahili
Latin script, Swahili Ajami
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2%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Somali (official), Arabic (official), Italian, English"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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