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Somali Translations - Background to Somali Translation
Somali translations that you can trust.....
The Somali language (Af Soomaali) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. It is spoken mostly in Somalia and adjacent parts of Djibouti (majority), Ethiopia and Kenya. Its speakers are known as Somalis. Because of the civil war and diaspora, speakers are found all over the world. The exact number of speakers is unknown but is estimated to be 10 million anywhere up to 16 million. One article from the Refugee Council puts the number at seven million Somalis, one million in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, and 300,000 in Kenya. Ethnologue estimates 7.78 million speakers in Somalia and 12.65 million speakers worldwide. However, the population of Somalia is estimated to be 8.8 million presently; one million more speakers more than Ethnologue estimates. Another population estimate made by the Dutch Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht puts the Somali population somewhere between 10 and 15 million. Combined with a large international expatriate community, it is difficult to get a specific number of Somali speakers, but somewhere between 10 and 16 million worldwide is a reasonable estimate.
