Somali Translation & Interpretation Services
Somali language
Providing Professional Translation, Interpretation, and Localization services in Somali and more than 300 other languages and dialects.
Autonym(s)
Af-Soomaali
Number of Speakers
Native Speakers: 15 million
Geographic Distribution
Horn of Africa
Official or Recognized Status
Official: Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti; Recognized minority language in Kenya
Classification
Afroasiatic, Cushitic
Features
An agglutinative language with a subject-object-verb (SOV) word order. Shows properties of inflection and affixes are used to mark tense, case, and aspect. Verbs are conjugated through the addition of suffixes to the verb stem or with the addition of prefixes. Nouns have tonal markings for number, gender, and case, and plural nouns take the opposite gender agreement of the singular form.
Dialects
Northern, Benadir, and Maay, with the Northern variety forming the basis of Standard Somali, spoken by roughly 60% of Somalis. Each of these major dialect groups also contains multiple dialects. The Benadir dialect group is largely mutually intelligible with Standard Somali but the Maay dialect group is not (although speakers of Maay dialects often also speak Standard Somali).
Writing System
Latin script. Previously used a modified form of the Arabic alphabet, known as Wadaad’s writing.
U.S. Distribution
Roughly 135,000 Somalis and Somali-Americans in the United States. The largest community is found in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, totaling around 25,000, with the majority being born in Somali. Other large communities are located in Columbus, Ohio; Seattle; San Diego; and the Washington, DC Metro Area.
At Latitude Prime, we offer Somali translation, Somali interpretation, and Somali localization services in numerous specialized subject areas and multiple dialects. Whether you need to translate public information notices into Somali, need a Somali interpreter for an immigration hearing, or want to localize your website into Somali to market your products or services in the Horn of Africa, Latitude Prime has the customized language solution to meet all of your Somali language needs.
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