Glottolog 5.1 - Somali

Spoken L1 Language: Somali

Classification

▼Afro-Asiatic (381)

Comments on subclassification

Mauro Tosco 2012

Endangerment

AES status:: not endangered
Source:: David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:: Somali (som-som) = 1 (National). Statutory national language (2012, Constitution, Article 5).

Glottocode: soma1255
ISO 639-3: som

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Alternative names

lexvo:: Af-Soomaali [so]; Bahasa Somali [id]; Idioma somalí [es]; Język somalijski [pl]; Lingua somala [it]; Lingua somalí [gl]; Língua somali [pt]; Somala lingvo [eo]; Somali [ca]; Somali language [en]; Somaliana linguo [io]; Somalice [tr]; Somalieg [br]; Somaliera [eu]; Somalin kieli [fi]; Somalisch [nl]; Somaliska [sv]; Somališćina [hsb]; Somálština [cs]; Sumali simi [qu]; somali [fr]; Сомалийски език [bg]; Сомалийский язык [ru]; لغة صومالية [ar]; सोमाली भाषा [hi]; সোমালি ভাষা [bn]; சோமாலி மொழி [ta]; ภาษาโซมาเลีย [th]; სომალი ენა [ka]; ሶማልኛ [am]; ソマリ語 [ja]; 索馬里語 [zh]; 소말리어 [ko]
moseley & asher (1994):: Somali
multitree:: Af-Maxaad Tiri; Af-Soomaali; Common Somali; Darod; Isa; Isaq; Sab; Somali; Somali Languages; Somali-Aweer; Standard Somali
ruhlen (1987):: Somali
wals:: Somali

Countries

References ⇫

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Name	Title	Year	Pages	Doctype	Provider

Christopher R. Green 2021	Somali grammar	2021	502	grammar	hh, langsci
Green, Christopher R. and Michelle E. Morrison and Nikki B. Adams 2015	A grammar of Common Somali	2015	485	grammar	hh
Moreno, Martino Mario 1955	Il Somalo della Somalia: grammatica e testi del benadir, darod e dighil	1955	398	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Pia, John Joseph and Molitor, R.D. 1966	Beginning in Somali	1966	380	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye 1997	Parlons somali	1997	365	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
A. K. Zholkovskij 1971	Somali syntax	1971	354	grammar	hh
Griefenow-Mewis, Catherine 2004	Lehrbuch des Somali: eine praktische Einführung	2004	350	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball
Berchem, Jörg 1991	Referenzgrammatik des Somali	1991	349	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball
Mansur, Cabdalla C. and Puglielli, Annarita 1999	Barashada Naxwaha af Soomaaliga = a Somali school grammar	1999	336	grammar	hh
Mathews, William R. 1982	Basic Somali grammar	1982	330	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Saeed, John Ibrahim 1993	Somali Reference Grammar	1993	327	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, hh, langsci, mpieva, weball
Saeed, John Ibrahim 1999	Somali	1999	310	grammar	benjamins, cldf, eballiso2009, guldemann, hh, mpieva, weball
Orwin, Martin 1995	Colloquial Somali: a complete language course	1995	295	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, langsci, weball
Saeed, John Ibrahim 1987	Somali Reference Grammar	1987	289	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, hh, langsci, weball
de Larajasse, E. and de Sampont, C. 1897	Practical Grammar of the Somali Language	1897	265	grammar	hh
Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye 1996	Parlons Somali	1996	262	grammar	hh
Puglielli, Annarita 1992	Grammatica della lingua somala per le scuole medie superiori	1992	250	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Saeed, John I. 1984	The syntax of focus and topic in Somali	1984	234	grammar	eballiso2009, guldemann, langsci, mpieva, weball
Reinisch, Leo 1900, 1902, 1903	Die Somali-Sprache	1900	698	text, dictionary, grammar	hh
Kirk, J. W. C. 1905	A grammar of the Somali language with examples in prose and verse and an account of the Yibir and Midgan dialects	1905	232	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, mpieva
Bruno Panza 1974	Af Soomaali: grammatica della lingua somala con piccolo vocabolario in appendice	1974	212	grammar	hh
Bell, Christopher Richard Vincent 1953	The Somali language	1953	185	grammar	asjp2010, cldf, eballiso2009, hh, weball
Hassan, Mohamed Moallin 1994	Aspects de la phonologie et de la morphologie du somali	1994	176	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Hoffmann, H. B. 1968	Grammaire de la langue somalie	1968	127	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Reinisch, Leo 1904	Der Dschäbärtidialekt der Somalisprache	1904	120	grammar	eballiso2009, hh
Dubnova, E. Z. 1990	Sovremennyj Somalijskij Jazyk	1990	116	grammar	cldf, hh
Barry, E. 1937	An elementary Somali grammar	1937	106	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Carton Dibeth, Catherine 1988	Manuel de conversation, somali-français, suivi d'un guide de Djibouti	1988	80	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Antinucci, Francesco 1980	The syntax of indicator particles in Somali part two: the construction of interrogative, negative and negative-interrogative clauses	1980	37	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, weball, zurich
Antinucci, Francesco and Annarita Puglielli 1980	The syntax of indicator particles in Somali: relative clause construction	1980	36	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Mansuur, Cabdalla Comar and Annarita Puglielli 1999	Furahalayliyada 'Barashada naxwaha af soomaaliga'/Answers to exercises in 'Somali school grammar'	1999	32	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Biber, Douglas 1995	Appendix 3: grammatical description of linguistic features in Somali	1995	22	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Zwicky, Arnold M. and Geoffrey K. Pullum 1983	Phonology in syntax: the Somali oprional agreement rule	1983	18	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Hetzron, Robert 1972	Phonology in syntax	1972	15	grammar	eballiso2009, langsci, weball
Gebert, Lucyna 1988	Universal hierarchy of topicality and Somali syntax	1988	14	grammar	eballiso2009, weball, zurich
Saeed, John Ibrahim 1992	R. C. Abraham and Somali grammar: tone, derivational morphology and information structure	1992	13	grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Swayne, Harald George Carlos 1996	Early days in Somaliland, and other tales: a pioneer's handbook	1996		grammar	eballiso2009
Raabbi, Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen 1995	Naxwaha cusub ee afsoomaaliga/Al-nahwa al-jadid lillughad bilsomalyah [The new grammar for the Somali language]	1995		grammar	eballiso2009, weball
na 1988	Universal Hierarchy of Topicality and Somali Syntax	1988		grammar	cldf
Morin, Didier 1986	Typologie grammaticale du couchitique: le cas de l'afar et du somali	1986		grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Insaamya, Cabdullaahi Xaaji Maxamuud and Maxamed, Cumar Aw Nuux and Xaange, Axmed Cartan and Axmad, Xuseen Shiikh and Galaal, Muuse Haaji Ismaa'iil and Maxamed, Maxamed Shire and Axmed Axmed, Jaamar 1973	Aasaaska naxwaha af soomaaliga = Foundations of Somali grammar	1973		grammar	eballiso2009
Swayne, Harald George Carlos 1900	Seventeen trips through Somáliland: a record of exploration and big game shooting, with descriptive notes on the fauna of the country	1900		grammar	eballiso2009
Larajasse, Evangeliste de and Sampont, Cyprien de 1897	Practical grammar of the Somali language, with a manual of sentences	1897		grammar	eballiso2009
Schleicher, Adolf Walter 1892	Die Somali-Sprache. Erster Text: Texte, Lautlehre, Formenlehre und Syntax	1892		grammar	eballiso2009
Salt, Henry 1814	A voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage; and a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix; and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with vocabularies of their respective languages	1814		grammar	eballiso2009
Zorc, R. David Paul and Issa, Abdullahi A. 1990	Somali textbook	1990	681	text, grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Roble, A. and Elke Mähner 1989	Robles Wörterbuch der deutschen und somalischen Sprache	1989	224	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Hunter, Fred Mercer A. 1880	A grammar of the Somali language with an English-Somali and Somali-English vocabulary	1880	209	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
John Warner 1988	Somali grammar	1988	160	grammar_sketch	hh
Dubnova, Elena Zinov'evna 2003	A grammatical sketch of Somali	2003	128	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Dubnov, Helena 2003	A grammatical sketch of Somali	2003	128	grammar_sketch	hh, mpieva
Moxamud, Ibrahim Xashi and Xidhkayome, Moxamed Xashi 1998	Qawacidka luuqadda somaaliga	1998	123	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
Bootaan, Cabdulqaadir F. 2003	Mahuraan: "lama huraan waa caxska jiilaall"	2003	236	text, grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Pia, John Joseph 1965	Somali sounds and inflections	1965	117	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Maino, Mario 1953	La lingua somala: strumento d'insegnamento professionale Alessandria: Tip	1953	108	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
von Tiling, Maria 1921-1922	Die Sprache der Jabárti	1921	102	grammar_sketch	hh
Tiling, Maria von 1921/22	Die Sprache der Jabarti, mit besonderer Beücksichtigung der Verwandtschaft von Jabarti und Somali	1921	102	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Lamberti, Marcello 1988	Die Nordsomali-Dialekte: eine synchronische Beschreibung	1988	299	overview, comparative, grammar_sketch	hh
Kirk, John William Carnegie 1903	Notes on the Somali language: with examples of phrases and conversational sentences	1903	94	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
Osman, Madina C. and Zorc, R. David Paul 1992	Somali handbook	1992	84	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Galaal, Muuse Haaji Ismaa'Iil 1956	Hikmad Soomaali: Edited and with a grammatical introduction by B. W. Andrzejewski	1956	161	text, grammar_sketch	hh
Carcoforo, E. 1912	Elementi di Somali el Ki-Suaheli parlati al Benadir	1912	154	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
Christopher P. Rigby 1850	An Outline of the Somauli Language, with Vocabulary	1850	56	grammar_sketch	hh
Joelle Goldberg 2015	A Brief Grammar of the Af-Somali Language	2015	52	grammar_sketch	hh
Morin, Didier 1995	Des paroles douces comme la soie: introduction aux contes dans l'aire couchitique (bedja, afar, saho, somali)	1995	384	text, grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, langsci, weball
Armstrong, Lilias Eveline 1969	The phonetic structure of Somali	1969	48	grammar_sketch	mpieva
Moreno, Martino M. 1953, 1954	Il dialetto degli Ašrâf di Mogadiscio	1953	47	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Armstrong, L. E. 1964	The phonetic structure of Somali	1964	46	grammar_sketch	cldf, phoible
Armstrong, Lilias E. 1934	The Phonetic Structure of Somali	1934	46	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, langsci, weball
Saeed, John Ibrahim 1982	Central Somali: a grammatical outline	1982	43	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh, langsci, weball
Svolacchia, Marco and Lunella Mereu and Annarita Puglielli 1995	Aspects of discourse configurationality in Somali	1995	34	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Lecarme, Jacqueline 2002	Gender “polarity”: theoretical aspects of Somali nominal morphology	2002	33	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, glossa, langsci, weball, zurich
Morgan Nilsson 2023	Somali	2023	30	grammar_sketch	hh
Praetorius, Franz 1870	Ueber die Somalisprache	1870	27	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
Biber, Douglas 1984	Pragmatic roles in Central Somali narrative discourse	1984	26	grammar_sketch	cldf, eballiso2009, weball, zurich
Ferrand, Gabriel 1886	Notes de grammaire Çomalie	1886	24	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, hh
Lamberti, Marcello 2001	A short sketch of Somali society by means of proverbs	2001	21	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Andrzejewski, Bogumil W. 1961	Notes on the substantive pronouns in Somali	1961	20	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Banti, Giorgio 2000	Notes on Somali camel terminology	2000	18	grammar_sketch	cldf, eballiso2009, weball, zurich
Pease, Alfred E. 1898	Some account of Somaliland, with notes on journeys through the Gadabürsi and western Ogaden countries, 1896-1897	1898	17	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Antinucci, Francesco and Annarita Puglielli 1984	Relative clause constructions in Somali: a comparison between the northern and the coastal dialects	1984	15	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Maffi, Luisa 1984	Somali colour terminology: an outline	1984	14	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Geshekter, Charles L. and Said Ahmed Warsama 1996	An introduction to humour and jokes in Somali culture	1996	13	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Bruno, Biancamaria 1984	Notes on denominal verbal derivation in Somali	1984	13	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Carleton, G.D. 1892	Notes on a part of the Somali country	1892	13	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Avanchers, Leon des 1859	Esquisse géographique des pays Oromo ou Galla, des pays Somali et de la côte orientale d'Afrique	1859	18	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Tonelli, Livia 1999	The Garre of Somalia: a sketch of its linguistic features	1999	7	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball, zurich
Banti, Giorgio 1984	The morphology of the nominative case in Somali	1984	5	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Andrzejewski, Bogumil W. 1974	The introduction of a national orthography for Somali	1974	5	grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Bendjaballah, Sabrina 200x	Trois figures de la structure interne des gabarits: activité morphologique du niveau squelettal des representations phonologiques en berbère, somali, bedja			grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Saeed, John Ibrahim 2007	Somali morphology	2007		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
na 2002	Gender “Polarity”: Theoretical Aspects of Somali Nominal Morphology	2002		grammar_sketch	cldf
Abbink, Jon 1999	The total Somali clan genealogy: a preliminary sketch	1999		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Godon, Elsa 1998	Aspects de la morphologie nominale du somali: La formation du pluriel	1998		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, langsci, weball
Ishigaki, Yukio 1975	A basic clause dictionary. Book 1: Geez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Somali, Swahili	1975		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Drysdale, J. G. S. 1953	Some notes on the Somali language for beginners	1953		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Cerulli, Enrico 1945/48	Quelques notes sur la phonologie du somali	1945		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009, weball
Reinisch, Simon Leo 1903	Die Somali-Sprache, 3: Grammatik	1903		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009
Kirk, J. W. C. 1903	Notes on the Somali Language	1903		grammar_sketch	cldf
Reinisch, Simon Leo 1902	Die Somali-Sprache, 2: Wörterbuch Somali-Deutsch, Deutsch-Somali	1902		grammar_sketch	eballiso2009

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