plural Somali or Somalis
1
: a member of a people of Somaliland
2
: the Cushitic language of the Somali
Somali
adjective
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There’s the Afro-Asiatic family of languages spoken in northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Western Asia, including Egyptian and Somali, plus Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
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Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Regulations translated into Hmong, Karen, Somali and Spanish will be available online in mid-September.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
There is no single word in Somali for autism, Ali said, but the condition affects high rates of Somali children in Minnesota, health researchers have found.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab used the same method to identify non-Muslims to kill during a series of terrorist attacks in Kenya.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The Somali Disaster Management Agency has not yet released an official death toll but said assessment was underway to determine the extent of the damage.
—Omar Faruk, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
The Somali Army, under the dictator Siad Barre, carried out widespread massacres.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Mohamed helped Somali Community Link obtain state funding in 2023.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
Its origins go back to the start of the Somali Civil War, which was triggered in part by the fall of President Siad Barre's authoritarian regime in 1991.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Regulations translated into Hmong, Karen, Somali and Spanish will be available online in mid-September.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
There is no single word in Somali for autism, Ali said, but the condition affects high rates of Somali children in Minnesota, health researchers have found.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab used the same method to identify non-Muslims to kill during a series of terrorist attacks in Kenya.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The Somali Disaster Management Agency has not yet released an official death toll but said assessment was underway to determine the extent of the damage.
—Omar Faruk, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
The Somali Army, under the dictator Siad Barre, carried out widespread massacres.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Mohamed helped Somali Community Link obtain state funding in 2023.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
Its origins go back to the start of the Somali Civil War, which was triggered in part by the fall of President Siad Barre's authoritarian regime in 1991.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Somali.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Somali. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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