|
The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic. There are in addition a number of minority and immigrant languages. ==Somali== (詳細はSomali is the official language of Somalia and the mother tongue of the Somali people, the nation's most populous ethnic group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.somaliweyn.com/pages/news/Aug_12/Somalia_Constitution_English_FOR_WEB.pdf )〕 It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, and its nearest relatives are the Afar and Saho languages.〔I. M. Lewis, ''Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho'', (Red Sea Press: 1998), p.11.〕 Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies of it dating from before 1900. As of 2006, there were approximately 16.6 million speakers of Somali, of which about 8.3 million reside in Somalia. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. It is spoken as an adoptive language by a few ethnic minority groups in these regions. Somali dialects are divided into three main groups: Northern, Benaadir and Maay. Northern Somali (or Northern-Central Somali) forms the basis for Standard Somali. Benaadir (also known as Coastal Somali) is spoken on the Benadir coast from Cadaley to south of Merca, including Mogadishu, as well as in the immediate hinterland. The coastal dialects have additional phonemes which do not exist in Standard Somali. Maay is principally spoken by the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans in the southern areas of Somalia.〔Andrew Dalby, ''Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages'', (Columbia University Press: 1998), p.571.〕 The Somali language is regulated by the Regional Somali Language Academy, an intergovernmental institution established in June 2013 by the governments of Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia. It is officially mandated with preserving the Somali language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.comesaria.org/site/en/news_details.php?chaine=regional-somali-language-academy-launched-in-djibouti&id_news=17578&id_article=119 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Languages of Somalia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|