Afro-Asiatic family
Somali
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Somali (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Proto-East Cushitic → Somali.
See Somali on the interactive map- Speakers
- 22M (22,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- som
- Glottocode
- soma1255
Lowland East Cushitic language of Somalia, Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya. Official Latin orthography adopted in 1972.
Lineage
- Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Cushiticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-East Cushiticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Somalic. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-East Cushitic.