Languages of the country

Somalia

Official languages (2): Somali, Arabic. Population (CLDR): 13 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Somali Soomaali Co-official 78%
Arabic العربية Co-official 34%
Swahili Kiswahili Minority 2%
Oromo Oromoo Minority 0.4%

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