From or akin toSomaliSoomaali.^[1]

• (UK)IPA^(key):/səˈmɑːli/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)IPA^(key):/soʊˈmɑːli/,/səˈmɑːli/
• Hyphenation:So‧ma‧li

Somali

1. (uncountable) ACushitic language spoken mainly inSomalia, easternEthiopia,Djibouti, and easternKenya.

   Somali is the primary language of Somalia

2. (uncountable) Somalilanguage andliterature as anobject ofstudy.

   I'm learningSomali.

Somali (countable anduncountable,pluralSomaliorSomalis)

1. (chieflycountable,collective) Anethnic groupnative to theSomali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.

   Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.

2. (chieflyuncountable,collective and in theplural) Pertaining to the Somali ethnic group on the whole; the Somali.

   The Somali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to the Somali Peninsula. Their language is called Somali.

3. (countable,collective) Acitizen orresident from the country ofSomalia. The termSomalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasizecivicaffiliations to theRepublic of Somalia and de-emphasizeethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemednonstandard. Some Somaliethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somaliseparatists prefer terms such asSomalian orSomalilander in civic contexts over theethnolinguisticconnoted term Somali.
4. (countable,collective) A person from Somali-majorityrepublics,states, orregions, including but not limited to: theunrecognized Republic ofSomaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia (often called 'theOgaden', but moreneutrally 'the Somali region'), orautonomous states within Somalia'sfederal system such asPuntland.
5. Adomestic catbreed derived from the 'Abyssinian cat'. This cat breed is alternatively called the 'long-haired Abyssinian cat' or the 'Fox cat'.

• Thesaurus:Somali

• (person from Somalia):Cushite,Horner,Horn African

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Somali terms
•  Somali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Somali (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Category:Somali (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Somali (notcomparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.

• Somali–English Dictionary: fromWebster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 codeso,ISO 639-3 codesom(SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Somali,som ⁠

• Alimos,Islamo-,Siloam,mailos,maolis,salomi

Somali (pluralSomali's)

1. Synonym ofSomaliër(“Somali, person from Somalia”)

Somali

1. Synonym ofSomalies(“Somali language”)

Borrowed fromFrenchSomalie.

• IPA^(key):/so.má.li/,[so̞.mä́.l̠ʲi]

• Audio:

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Somali

1. Somalia (a country inEast Africa, in theHorn of Africa)