The Somali language (Àdàkọ:Lang-so, Lárúbáwá: الصومالية‎) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages,[1] with academic studies beginning before 1900.

Somali
af Soomaali
الصومالية
Sísọ ní Somalia
 Somaliland (not recognized internationally)
 Djibouti
 Ethiopia
 Yemen
 Kenya
Somali communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America
Ìye àwọn afisọ̀rọ̀10-16 million native speakers and maybe 500,000 second language speakers.
Èdè ìbátan
Sístẹ́mù ìkọLatin, Arabic, Osmanya script
Lílò bíi oníbiṣẹ́
Àkóso lọ́wọ́Kòsí àkóso oníbiṣẹ́
Àwọn àmìọ̀rọ̀ èdè
ISO 639-1so
ISO 639-2som
ISO 639-3som