Image Allah green.svg 18px Islam langs Somali language Somali related Afar people Afar Agaw people Agaw Beja people Beja Oromo people Oromo Rendille people Rendille Saho people Saho Somalis lang so Soomaaliyeed , lang ar are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa , also known as the Somali ... of Somali society reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600 1900 , University of Pennsylvania ... history antiquity , the ancestors of the Somalipeople were an important link in the Horn of Africa ... and German empire s. The Turkish people Turks also named Hassan Emir of the Somali nation, ref I.M. ... prominent pan Somalists that emerged from the Somali Youth League s leadership ranks. Somalipeople ... has also helped clarify the possible background of the Somalipeople, as the distribution of haplotype ... of the Somalipeople are important social unit s, and clan membership plays a central part in Somali ..., Ontario Hamilton all harbor Somali populations. Statistics Canada s 2006 census ranks people ... pop6 200,000 ref6 lower ref name SCT http www.somalicanadians.ca history index.html Somali Canadians ... www.so.undp.org index.php Download document 70 Forging Partnerships with the Somali Diaspora.html Somalia s Missing Million The Somali Diaspora and its Role in Development ref region12 flagcountry Sweden ... publisher Central Intelligence Agency ref The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language ... factbook geos so.html People CIA World Factbook Somalia, people and http www.lib.utexas.edu maps ... Kenya 2009 Census Delayed Over Somali Numbers ref ref Note Although provisional results from the 2009 Kenya census reported a much larger number of over 2 million Somali residents, they are believed ... Irir Samaale Samaale , the oldest common ancestor of several Somali clan s, is generally regarded as the source of the ethnonym Somali . The name Somali is, in turn, held to be derived from the words soo and maal , which together mean go and milk a reference to the ubiquitous pastoralism of the Somali ... more details
Infobox Political party name english Ethiopian SomaliPeople s Democratic Party name native ... SomaliPeople s Democratic Party website accessed 23 January 2011 ref ideology Social democracy , br Democratic socialism , br Socialism , br Regions of Ethiopia Regional federalism , br People of Ethiopia Ethnic , br Self determination national Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic ... website Contains Ethiopic text The SomaliPeople s Democratic Party SPDP lang am is a political party in Ethiopia , officially representing the Somalipeople . It is allied with, but not a member of, the ruling Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF . In the Ethiopian ... State and Politics in Ethiopia s Somali region since 1991 , Bildhaan the International Journal of Somali Studies , 6 2006 , p. 30 ref However, like the ESDL before it, the SomaliPeople s Democratic Party ... 11th founding anniversary of SomaliPeople Democratic Party celebrated , Ethiopian News Agency 4 ... parties in Ethiopia Category Political parties established in 1998 de SomaliPeople s Democratic Party ... Elections Database accessed 23 March 2011 ref These seats include 23 from the Somali Region and one from the chartered city of Dire Dawa . In the local elections for the Somali Region, which was held ... seats in 52 woreda s as well as 47,849 seats in 706 kebeles of the Somali Region. ref http www.ethemb.se ... 15 May 2005, the SPDP won 24 seats, 23 from the Somali Region and one from the chartered city of Dire ... seats in the Somali Region. ref http africanelections.tripod.com et 2005state.html African Elections ... won 19 seats from the 23 allocated to the Somali State . In the Regional assembly elections of that year ... between two opposition parties. ref http www.irinnews.org Report.aspx?ReportId 1624 Ethiopia Somali ... from the merger of the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League ESDL and a splinter group of the Ogaden ... itself in the eyes of Somali Ethiopians and losing the support of the ruling EPRDF. ref Tobias ... more details
Somali can refer to Somalipeople , ethnic group who inhabit the Horn of Africa Somali Peninsula Somali language Somali clan , social grouping of the SomalipeopleSomali Region , in Ethiopia Somali cat , breed of cat Republic of Somalia HMS Somali , the British destroyer disambig da Somali de Somali fr Somali homonymie hy id Somali it Somali nl Somali ja pl Somali ujednoznacznienie pt Somali ru sh Somali fi Somali sv Somali uk ... more details
ref regions Victoria Australia Victoria rels Islam langs Somali language Somali , Arabic language Arabic , English language English related Afar people Afar , Agaw people Agaw , Amhara people Amhara , Beja people Beja , Jeberti , Oromo people Oromo , Saho people Saho , Tigray Tigrinya people Tigray , Tigre people Tigre Somali Australians are Australia Australian citizens and residents born in, or with ancestors from Somalia . Although the first SomalipeopleSomali community in Victoria Australia ... census counted 6,403 SomalipeopleSomali immigrants residing in Australia . ref name ABScenpop While the Somali community in Victoria Australia Victoria was first established in 1988, ref name ... business. ref name Setasfim See also Somalipeople References reflist External links http somucasa.com Somali United Community of South Australia Somali diaspora Ethnic groups in Australia Category Australian people of Somali descent Category Ethnic groups in Australia Category Immigration to Australia ...Infobox Ethnic group image group Somali Australian poptime 6,403 ref name ABScenpop http www.censusdata.abs.gov.au ... following the Somali Civil War civil war in Somalia. ref name Hoifs Somali Australians are active in the nation ... most Somalis began to settle in the country in the early 1990s following the outbreak of the Somali ... Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program. As with many other immigrant communities, Somali community ... www.minister.immi.gov.au media media releases 2009 ce09090.htm Senator Evans to attend Somali festivities ... members have gradually begun to integrate into Victoria s broader multi cultural society. Most Somali ..., the Somali Community of Victoria was established to offer support to the local Somali community and to promote Somali culture, as was the Somali Cultural Association seven years later. A Muslim community, the Somali Cultural Association likewise assists Somalis in the country to observe the holy month of Ramadan and the yearly celebrations marking the hajj . ref name Hoifs Somali Australians are active ... more details
Infobox language family name Somali region Somalia , Ethiopia , Djibouti , Kenya familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Cushitic languages Cushitic fam3 Lowland East Cushitic languages Lowland East Cushitic child1 Dabarre language Dabarre child2 Garre language Garre child3 Jiiddu language Jiiddu child4 Maay language Maay child5 Somali language Somali child6 Tunni language Tunni The Somali languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic language family and are spoken by Somalipeople ethnic Somalis chiefly in Somalia . ref Lewis, M. Paul ed. , 2009. Ethnologue Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex. SIL International. Online version http www.ethnologue.com . ref Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 2724 16 Ethnologue entry for Somali languages Category East Cushitic languages AfroAsiatic lang stub Somalia stub so Lahjadaha looga hadlo Soomaaliya ... more details
of Somali speakers, but somewhere between 10 and 16 million worldwide seems a reasonable estimate. According to Gordon 2005 , approximately 13 million people speak Somali, but upwards of 25 million individuals ...&menu 004 Geographic distribution The Somali language is spoken by Somalipeople ethnic Somalis in Somalia , Djibouti , Ethiopia , Yemen and Kenya , and by the Somali diaspora . Official status Culture of Somalia Somali has been the national language of Somalia since 1972, gaining official status with standardization Standard Somali and the adoption of the Latin alphabet , developed under orders of then president Siad Barre . Shire Jama Ahmed s script became The Official Somali Language Script. For nine years, The Somali Language Committee sifted through 18 competing scripts. The Committee was first ...Infobox language name Somali nativename af Soomaali br states flag Somalia br flag Djibouti br flag Ethiopia br flag Yemen br flag Kenya br Somali communities in the Middle East , Europe and North ... Somali languages nation flag Somalia br iso1 so iso2 som iso3 som script Somali alphabet Latin , Arabic script Arabic , Osmanya alphabet Osmanya notice IPA The Somali language lang so Afsoomaali lang ... Oromo . Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages , ref http www.springerlink.com content b14r67j54k377r7g A software tool for research in linguistics and lexicography Application to Somali ... of Somali is unknown. One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia ... Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht puts the Somali population somewhere between 10 and 15 million ... the collapse of the central Somali government in the Somali civil war in the 1990s, Somali has ... and Puntland . Dialects File Somali map.jpg thumb left Map of Somali language distribution 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 ... more details
. Overview File Mocky.jpg thumb left 200px Popular Somali Canadian musician Mocky . Canada has one of the largest SomalipeopleSomali populations in the western world, with the census reporting 37,785 people claiming Somali descent, ref name STATSCANCensus though unofficial estimates place the figure ... reflist External links http www.canadiansomalicongress.com Canadian Somali Congress CSC People of Canada Somali diaspora Category Ethnic groups in Canada Category Ethnic Somalipeople ...Infobox Ethnic group group Somali Canadians image caption small Notable Canadians of Somali descent br ... Somali Canadians Today & 124 Taariikh History publisher Somalicanadians.ca date accessdate 2011 10 ... , Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton langs Somali language Somali , Arabic language Arabic , English language English , French language French rels Sunni Islam Somali Canadians are Naturalization naturalized ... have also seen a significant increase in their respective Somali communities over the past five years. In addition, the neighbourhood of Rexdale in Toronto has one of the largest Somali populations in the country. File Somcoff3.jpg thumb right 200px A container of Som Can brand Somali coffee qaxwo , one of many Somali owned Canadian businesses. In the early 1990s, Canada saw an increase in the total number of Somali immigrants entering the country, with some secondary migration from the United ... somalidiasporanews.com index.php 2010 12 government of canada helps somali youth in edmonton prepare for job market title Government of Canada Helps Somali Youth in Edmonton Prepare for Job Market ... ref Many Somali businesspeople based in Canada have consequently sought and found employment opportunities ... government, in coordination with the Somali Canadian Education and Rural Development Organization s Somali Youth Skills Project , set up in 2010 job preparation training and work experience programs for local Somali youth. Part of the Canadian government s Youth Employment Strategy, the initiative ... more details
Benadiri Somali is a language spoken by Benadiri people who are the natives of the Benadir coast of Somalia commonly known as Southern Somalia . Benadiri Somali is also referred to as Coastal Somali, Benadiri language or af heer Xamar pronounced Hamar . Although it is commonly thought to be a dialect of the Somali language, the Benadiri language has individual dialects which are not mutually intelligible with the Somali language and cannot be understood by Somalis . Within the Benadir language there are many dialects such as af Marka , af Heer Faqi , af Baraawo , af Asharaf amongst many others. the majority of speakers of the dialects of Benadiri can understand each other with the exception of speakers of af heer Baraawo Bravanese which is linguistically related to Swahili. Arabic Influence With the introduction of Islam to Somalia in the early period of the first ten centuries Arabic words have infiltrated the Somali language. Arabic is even more prominent in the Benadiri language due to the Arabian ancestry and origins of Benadiri Somalis. References Nuredin Hagi Scikei, Banaadiri The Renewal of a Millenary Identity. Clueb, Bologna 2002 . http www.yementimes.com defaultdet.aspx?SUB ID 17761 http www.alsintl.com resources languages Somali Category Languages of Somalia ... more details
Somalipeople Somalis to arrive in the United States were Somali maritime history sailors who came ... Somalia chapters chapter1.pdf Chapter 1. Somali History and Immigration to the United States ref According to 2010 American Community Survey data, there are approximately 85,700 people with Somali ... States Category American people of Somali descent fi Amerikansomalit ...Infobox Ethnic group image group Somali American poptime 85,700 ref name Mprsnoituslim regions Minneapolis ... Somali language Somali , Arabic language Arabic , and American English English Somali Americans ... Somali immigrants followed suit. However, it was not until the 1990s when the Somali Civil War broke out that the majority of Somalis first arrived in the US. The Somali community in the United States ... thumb left 230px A Somali grocery store in Columbus, Ohio . Current estimates of the number of Somali ... state Washington and California have the next largest Somali communities, albeit much smaller in overall ... notable Somali migration in recent years, mostly to Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix and Tucson . Other states with significant Somali communities include Georgia U.S. state Georgia , Texas , Massachusetts ..., New York , Buffalo, New York , Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City , San Diego , San Francisco , Somali ... , City Pages ref with the city of Minneapolis hosting hundreds of Somali owned and operated ... or hawala offices, banners advertising the latest Somali films, Rental shop video stores fully stocked ... Somali Immigrants Face Discrimination in Columbus ref ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m0CWU is 2005 July 21 ai n14814690 EEOC backs discrimination complaint by Somali airport workers ref housing ... opportunity ref In Minnesota , controversy arose after six Somali women filed a religious discrimination ... Muslim workers claim religious discrimination ref See also Portalbox Somalia United States Somali diaspora Somaliwood References reflist External links http www.somaliamericanmedia.org Somali American ... more details
Culture of Somalia Somali Studies is the scholarly term for research concerning Somalipeople Somalis ... Somali anthropology studies the way of life of the Somalipeople. Somalist anthropologists have in successive research papers and books taken traditional Somali social systems such as the ancient Xeer law and the clan system under the microscope and researched their role in Somali society . In the field of Islam in Somalia Somali Islamic studies scholars such as Said Sheikh Samatar and Abdi Kusow both have detailed in books such as Racial and Religious Contexts 2007 and Oral poetry and Somali ... and ethnogenesis of Somalipeople. Linguistics The Somali language is by far the best documented of the Cushitic ..., 1992. Somali Studies Land of the People by Anita Suleiman, 1991 Proceedings of the Second International ... and archaeology . ref Somali Studies, by Lidwien Kapteijns, 1994 pg 581 The Journal of African History, Vol. 35, No. 3 ref The field draws from old Somali literature Somali chronicles and oral ... country, to hold the International Congress of Somali Studies . The first such conference was held ... 2007. History The academic platform that would become Somali Studies has its formal origins with religious, linguistic and historical research done by 18th and 19th century Somali scholar s, such as Uways ..., other disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and archaeology would eventually form part of Somali ... on Somali self consciousness and unity. ref Review Oral poetry and Somali nationalism the case ... and lexicography Application to Somali ref Linguists such as Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski , Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi and Martin Orwin are considered among the foremost scholars on the study of the Somali ... ref and the relation it has to the languages of neighbouring ethnic groups such as the Afar people Afar s, Oromo people Oromo s and Beja people Beja s, in addition to Mustafa Abdulahi Feiruz on the relation between the Somali and Arabic language Arabic languages. ref http www.somalistudies.org ... more details
Infobox Identity document document name Somali passport image Passport of Somalia.jpg image caption The front cover of a contemporary Somali biometric passport . date first issued using jurisdiction flag Somalia valid jurisdictions document type Passport purpose Identification eligibility Somali nationality law Somali citizenship expiration The Somali passport is a passport issued to citizens of Somalia for international travel. Overview File Passport of Somalia nonbimetric.jpg thumb left 200px The front cover of the old non biometric Green Passport . Somalia s former Somali Democratic Republic socialist government originally used to issue a non Biometric passport biometric Green Passport . This travel document still remained in use after the collapse of former President Siad Barre s regime. ref name Tbuoosp http www.somaliareport.com index.php post 1588 TFG Bans Use of Old Somali Passport ref In response to widespread counterfeit Somalian passports that subsequently flooded the black market, the Transitional National Government opened a new office in the 2000s to issue official state approved passports. According to then Foreign Affairs Minister Muhammad Mahmud Shiil, the government would continue issuing old Somali passports, but with a new dry seal that cannot be duplicated or faked ... we have advised Somali businessmen in Mogadishu to bring in their old passports so they can ... 2007 publisher People s daily online accessdate 14 May 2010 ref In November 2010, the TFG opened ... passport delivery process. Officially issued by the Somali Immigration Department, the passports now ... 125 Somali Immigration Department Established New Passport Making Facility in Mogadishu ref In September .... According to Somali Immigration Officer, General Abdulaahi Gaafow Mohamoud, the identification document ... Somali Passport ref References Reflist Passports Category Passports by country Category Government of Somalia passport stub Somalia gov stub tr Somali pasaportu ... more details
The Somali diaspora refers to expatriate Somalipeople Somalis who reside in areas of the world that have traditionally not been inhabited by their ethnic group . The Somali Civil War greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora , as many of the best educated Somalis left for the Middle East , Europe ... Sanomat , the number of Somali speaking people in Finland in 2010 rose by nearly 10 in a year ... main Somali Canadians Canada hosts one of the largest SomalipeopleSomali populations in the Western world, with the census reporting 37,785 people claiming Somali descent, ref name STATSCANCensus .... Statistics Canada s 2006 Census ranks people of Somali descent as the 69th largest ethnic group ... in Dubai. ref name Boom Africa File Somgirlegyhs.jpg thumb A SomalipeopleSomali high school ... also Somalipeople History of Somalia Somaliwood References reflist Bibliography Bjork, Stephanie R ... to measure since the Somali expatriate community on the continent has grown so quickly in recent years, there are significant Somali communities in the United Kingdom 108,000 ref name 2010 estimates ... 934243.jpg thumb right A Somali community center in London s East End yellow brick building in the middle ... ref By 2001, the UK census reported 43,532 Somali born residents, ref name Census2001 cite web url http ... for Economic Co operation and Development accessdate 2009 01 25 ref making the Somali community in Britain the largest Somali expatriate population in Europe. An official 2010 estimate indicates that 108,000 Somalis live in the UK, ref name 2010 estimates with Somali community organisations putting ... work BBC News accessdate 2009 01 25 ref Established Somali communities are found in London , Birmingham ... 09 07 ref The Somali population in London alone accounts for roughly 78 of Britain s Somali residents ... Nauja title Nomads, sailors and refugees A century of Somali migration publisher University of Sussex ... documents mwp23.pdf accessdate 2009 01 25 ref Finland main Somali community in Finland Somalis ... more details
Infobox Writing system name Somali languages Somali language type Alphabet The Somali Latin alphabet has been the official writing system writing script in Somalia since 1972. It was developed by the SomalipeopleSomali linguist Shire Jama Ahmed specifically for transcribing the Somali language , and is based on the Latin script . ref Laitin, p. 102 ref The Somali Latin alphabet uses all letters of the English Latin alphabet except p , v and z . There are no diacritics or other special characters, although it includes three consonants Digraph orthography digraphs DH, KH and SH. Tone is not marked and a word initial glottal stop is also not shown. Capital letters are used for names and at the beginning of a sentence. Form The Somali Latin alphabet is largely phonemic , with consonants having a one to one correspondence between grapheme s and phoneme s. Long vowels are written by doubling the vowel, but the distinction between tense and lax vowels is not represented. Diphthongs are represented using Y or W as the second element AY, AW, EY, OY and OW and long diphthongs are shown with the first vowel doubled. As there is no central regulation of the language, there is some variation in orthography, the endings ay and ey being particularly interchangeable. The Somali Latin alphabet, which follows an Arabic alphabet Arabic based order, is br , Voiced bilabial plosive B , Voiceless alveolar plosive T , J, X, KH, Voiced alveolar plosive D , Alveolar trill R , Voiceless alveolar fricative S , SH, DH, C, Voiced velar plosive G , Voiceless labiodental fricative F , Q, Voiceless velar ..., i, o, u. The following elements of the Somali alphabet either are not International Phonetic Alphabet ... D. first Laitin authorlink coauthors title Politics, language, and thought the Somali experience ..., Wadaad s writing and the Somali language Category Languages of Somalia Category Latin alphabets Category Writing systems of Africa Category Somali language ar ... more details
households 6.7 people. Ethnic groups include Somalipeople Somalis 97.2 , Oromo people Oromo 0.46 , Amhara people Amhara 0.66 , foreign born Somalis 0.20 and Gurages 0.12 . 98.4 of the population ... Ali ONLF October 1997 October 2000 Abdul Reshid Dulane Rafle SomaliPeople s Democratic Party SPDP ... October 2005 October 2008 Daud Mohamed Ali Ethiopian SomaliPeople s Democratic Party ESPDP October ...Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Somali ... caption Map of Ethiopia showing Somali Region pushpin map pushpin label position pushpin map alt ... footnotes Somali Region lang so Gobolka Soomaalida is the eastern most of the nine Regions of Ethiopia ... with the Somalia independent country of the same name . The capital of Somali State is Jijiga ... 29 May 2008 ref Other major towns and cities include the Somali spelling in brackets Degehabur Dhagaxbuur ... Somali ethnicity Somali , and there is internal pressure to remove Ethiopian rule. There have been ... non refereed hagmann mhk bildhaan 2006.pdf State and Politics in Ethiopia s Somali region since 1991 , Bildhaan the International Journal of Somali Studies , 6 2006 , p. 33 ref In late April 2005, heavy rains caused widespread flooding throughout Somali Region and in Somalia, and caused the Shebelle River to burst its Stream bank bank s. As of May 2005, the flood ing in Somali Region alone had caused over 100 confirmed deaths and widespread property damage affecting over 100,000 people. The floods also destroyed shelters housing 25,000 Somali refugees in Kenya near Dorooro in Ogaden. Demographics ... Agency of Ethiopia CSA , the Somali Region has a total population of 4,439,147, consisting ... area of 279,252 square kilometers, this region has an estimated density of 15.9 people ... residents of the Somali Region numbered 492,710 households, with an average of 6.6 persons per household ... in the Somali Region until 1997. Unfortunately, the Census did not cover all parts of the Region ... more details
Mogadishu , Somalia key people revenue operating income net income profit assets equity website Somali ... October 2011 Infobox airline airline Somali Airlines image Somali Airlines 6O SBN FRA 1984 8 16.png image size alt Somali Airlines logo. IATA HH ICAO SOM callsign SOMALAIR founded Start date 1964 3 ... frequent flyer lounge Somali Airlines Lounge alliance subsidiaries fleet size 20 when date October ... Alitalia , which initially held a 50 controlling stake in the company, and the Somali government held the balance. ref name FI1965 cite magazine title WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY... ndash Somali Airlines ... 1965. ref name FI1965 Somali Airlines became a fully state owned company in 1977. ref name FI1990 cite magazine title World Airline Directory ndash Somali Airlines journal Flight International date ... view 1990 1990 20 200780.html accessdate date 2011 10 19 ref Due to the Somali Civil War political ... ndash SOMALI AIRLINES journal Flight International date date 1995 4 5 ndash date 1995 4 11 format ..., not since the demise of Somali Airlines have scheduled passenger flights from Mogadishu landed in Europe. Destinations File Somali Airlines Boeing 707 330B 6O SBS FRA 1988 6 17.png thumb A Somali ... replaced by the Fokker F27 Friendship. Somali Airlines used a fleet of Aircraft lease lease d Boeing 707 s. when date October 2011 Historically, Somali Airlines used a total of 17 Boeing 707 . A firm ... pdfarchive view 1987 1987 20 202265.html accessdate date 2011 10 19 quote Somali Airlines has ordered ... East , replacing its Boeing 707. ref Somali Airlines does not currently register any jet aircraft or operations, or any other presence as of June 2008. Accidents and incidents File Somali Airlines Boeing 707 330B 6O SBT FCO Apr 1989.png thumb 6O SBT, a Somali Airlines nowrap Boeing 707 330B , was written ... out. Five of the 30 people on board were killed. ref name ASN060570 cite web url http aviation safety.net ... 1975 1975 20 202111.html accessdate date 2011 10 19 quote A DC 3 of Somali Airlines crashed on August ... more details
are ethnically, physically, and culturally distinct from Somalipeople Somalis , and they have ... they deemed menial labor, ref Laitin, p.64. ref and because the Italians viewed the Somalipeople ... Reports Unlike Somalipeople Somalis , most of whom are nomad ic Pastoralism herders , Bantus are mainly ... The Somali Bantu Their History and Culture People Since many Bantu groups in pre war Somalia ... Bantu people in cities that also have high concentrations of ethnic Somalipeople Somalis such as the Minneapolis ... October 2011 Category Ethnic groups in Somalia Category Somali Bantu people Category Bantu Link ... news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world africa 3020110.stm title Tanzania accepts Somali Bantus publisher BBC News ... Bantu languages related Bantu peoples The Somali Bantu also called Jareer , Gosha or Mushunguli are a minority ... Juba and Shebelle River Shabelle rivers, and are the descendants of people from various Bantu peoples ... with the members of Swahili people Swahili society in coastal towns, such as the Bajuni people Bajuni , who speak dialects of the Bantu Swahili language . All in all, the number of Bantu inhabitants in Somalia before the Somali Civil War civil war is thought to have been about 80,000 ... Etymology The term Somali Bantu is an ethnonym that was invented by humanitarian aid supplying agencies ... of Zanzibar to the Somali coast. ref cite web url http www.cal.org co bantu somali bantu.pdf title The Somali Bantu Their History and Culture format PDF accessdate 18 October 2011 ref Most of the slaves were from the Majindo , Makua people Makua , Nyasa , Yao , Zalama , Zaramo and Zigua people ... as Mushunguli , which is a term taken from Mzigula , the Zigua tribe s word for people the word holds ... by large parts of Somali society. ref name Laitin1977 Laitin, David D., Politics, Language, and Thought The Somali Experience , University Of Chicago Press 1977 , p.29 30. ref The Bantus were also conscripted ... themselves Mushunguli . ref name Calp While some Bantus adopted the Somali language , speaking for the most ... more details
Culture of Somalia Somali mythology covers the belief s, myth s, legend s and folk tale s circulating in SomalipeopleSomali society that were passed down to new generations in a timeline spanning several millennia. Many of the things that constitute Somali mythology today are traditions whose accuracy have faded away with time or have transformed considerably with the coming of Islam to the Horn of Africa . The culture of venerating saint s and the survival of several religious offices in modern Somalia show that old traditions of the region s History of Somalia ancient past had a significant impact on Islam in Somalia Somali Islam and Somali literature in later centuries. Similarly, practitioners of traditional Somali Traditional medicine medicine and astronomy also adhere to remnants of an old cultural belief system that once flourished in Somalia and the wider Horn region. Pre Islamic period File Caynabo ruins.jpg thumb left 180px Ancient temple ruins in Aynabo . The Somalipeople in pre Islamic times are believed to have adhered to a complex monotheistic belief system, with a set of deities superseded by a single all powerful figure called Eebe God , also known as Waaq . The wikt equillibrium equillibrium of the Universe in Somali mythology was tied with the love between a bull ... Eebe is the Somali word for God and was synonymously used for the ancient Cushitic Sky God Waq . According to Somali Legend Eebe lived in the Heaven s and whenever the nomad s successfully prayed for rain ... of a large bird. The deity was akin to Horus of ancient Egypt and played a similar role in Somali society ... and saints In Somali mythology, there is an abundance of tales about men and women who defied cultural traditions or acquired hero ic and saint ly status amongst the masses of the Somali Peninsula ... ears Dhegdheer was a female cannibalistic demon who hunted in Somali forests, her victims were usually ... areas whose names corroborate the stories told in Somali mythology. Places such as Abudwak ... more details
Somali language Somali is an agglutinative language , using a large number of affixes and particles to determine and alter the meaning of words. Morphology As in other related languages, Somali nouns are inflection inflected for Grammatical gender gender , Grammatical number number and Grammatical case case . Affixes change according to a number of rules. The definite article is a suffix , with the basic ... case The basic form of a Somali noun is in absolutive case . In this case, the article maintains the vowel a . class wikitable Somali English buug a book buug ga the book gacan a hand gacanta the hand ... case without an article. class wikitable Somali English nin man nin ka the man nin ku... the man ... on the final consonant of the root word. class wikitable Somali English f a language carab Arab people f carabeed Arabic language i.e. language of the Arabs Vocative case Vocative case is indicated ... Somali verbs consist of a stem to which suffixes are added. Verbs in indicative mood exist in four tenses ... for present and future tense. Verbs in Somali conjugate mainly through the addition of suffixes, although ... the infinitive plus the present subjunctive form of doon . Syntax Somali has several strategies to indicate ... went out? Therefore the noun. Somali also has the word waa which puts the focus on verbs and verb ... in Somali are typically of the order Subject Object Verb SOV . Nouns have different tonal markings for number ... months july somali.html Bibliography Andrzejewski, B.W. The Case System in Somali . London 1979. Andrzejewski, B.W. The Declensions of Somali Nouns . London 1964. Bell, C.R.V. The Somali Language . New York 1969. Kirk, J.W.C. A grammar of the Somali language, with examples in prose and verse, and an account of the Yibir and Midgan dialects . Cambridge Eng. 1905. Saeed, John I. Somali Reference Grammar . Kensington, Md. 1993. Saeed, John I. Syntax of Focus & Topic in Somali . Hamburg 1984. El Solami Mewis, Catherine. Lehrbuch des Somali . Leipzig, 1987. Category Grammars of specific languages ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Somali goat breed from Somalia and northeast Kenya is used for the production of goat meat meat . Sources http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds goats somali index.htm Somali Goat Category Goat breeds Category Meat goat breeds Category Goat breeds originating in Somalia Category Animal breeds originating in Kenya goat stub ar ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2009 Infobox Military Unit unit name Somali Navy image caption start date country Somalia allegiance branch type role size 200 Boats and 10.000 Personnel command structure Military of Somalia Somali Armed Forces garrison Mogadishu garrison label equipment equipment label nickname SN motto core values colors colors label march mascot battles anniversaries decorations battle honours Commanders current commander Admiral Farah Omar Ahmed current commander label Chief of Armed forces ceremonial chief ceremonial chief label colonel of the regiment colonel of the regiment label notable commanders Siad Barre Insignia identification symbol identification symbol label identification symbol 2 identification symbol 2 label The Somali Navy is the navy of Somalia . Pre Independence During the pre independence period, the Somali Navy was established in conjunction with the Italian Navy , the latter of which also helped maintain security in Somali waters. Post Independence During the post independence period, the Somali Navy mostly did maritime patrol s so as to prevent ships illegally infringing on the nation s maritime borders. The Somali Navy and Somali Air Force also regularly collaborated. In addition, the Somali Navy carried out Search and Rescue SAR missions. Military Exercise The Somali Navy participated in many navy exercises with the United States Navy , Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy . Recent history In June 2009, the Somali Navy was re established, and a new commander, Admiral Farah Omar Ahmed, was appointed. Up to 500 marines are presently training in Mogadishu, with their training expected to finish in December 2009. They are the first batch of a 5000 strong navy force. Old equipment Osa class missile boat Osa II missile armed fast attack craft 20 Mol PFT torpedo armed fast attack craft 10 Polnocny class landing ship References Reflist Category Navies by country Category Military of Somalia ... more details
Infobox Catbreed for more info. name Somali image Blue Somali kitten age 3 months.jpg imagecaption A blue Somali kitten altname nickname Fox cat, Longhaired Abyssinian country Australia notrecognized ... afc.com standardsSomali.html otherstd note The Somali is a cat breed created from long haired Abyssinian ..., however the fur length of the Somali requires more grooming than the Abyssinian. Unlike most ... www.cfainc.org breeds profiles articles somali.html title The Somali Cat 30 Years and Going Strong ... url http www.petpublishing.com catkit breeds somali.shtml title The Somali A Berry Lovely Cat publisher ... s judge, asked for one to breed from. Despite popular belief, the cat is an Australian breed, not Somali. The official first Somali was Mayling Tutsuta, McGill s cat. An American Abyssinian breeder, Evelyn ..., the Somali was fully accepted in North America, then later in the 1980s they were accepted in Europe .... In addition to the fluffy tail, the Somali breed features a somewhat darker stripe down its back, large ears, a full ruff and breeches, contributing further to the overall foxy look. Somali coats ... markings, and occasionally a Somali may show full tabby stripes on portions of their bodies, but this is seen ... Somali is the traditional tabby M on the middle of the forehead. Like Abyssinians, they have ... disqualifies them from show status. Colors and Patterns The essence of the Somali cat is ticking each hair is ticked multiple times in two colors. The Usual or Ruddy Somali is golden brown ticked with black. There are 28 colours of Somali in total some organisations accept only some of these colours ... Usual Somali kitten age 4 months.jpg A ruddy Somali kitten Image Sorrel red Somali 20060816.jpg A sorrel Somali Image Somali cat.jpg A Somali kitten gallery Genetic problems LQ image in unrelated section Image CFA2008 Somali.jpg thumb right 200px A Somali kitten near its owner at the 2008 CFA International ... to congenital problems magnified by inbreeding. As a result, many Somali cats had to have all their adult ... more details
Image Somali sheep.jpg thumb 250px right A flock of Somali Sheep The Somali sheep , occasionally known as the Berbera Blackhead , is a hair sheep native to Somalia . ref A. Nyanjom & J. Konyango, Certificate Agriculture Form 1 , East African Publishers , p.133. ref The animal is reared primarily for Lamb and mutton meat production and it is one of the major exports of the Somali economy . Appearance The Somali sheep is white with a black head. Both sexes are polled and the breed belongs to the fat tail type. There is an active trade going on for this kind of sheep to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf GCC countries especially to Saudi Arabia. ref name OKState cite web url http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds sheep braziliansomali index.htm work Breeds of Livestock title Brazilian Somali publisher Oklahoma State University , Dept. of Animal Science accessdate 2009 04 02 ref Somali sheep are the immediate ancestor of the Blackhead Persian sheep Blackhead Persian which was developed in South Africa in the late 19th century and early 20th century and which has been widely used for crossbreeding in many parts of Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. ref name Sheep101 cite web url http www.sheep101.info breedsS.html Somali work Sheep Breeds S St title Somali accessdate 2009 05 04 publisher Sheep101.info ref References reflist Category Sheep breeds Category Animal breeds originating in Somalia sheep stub Somalia stub de Somaliaschaf fa pl Owca somalijska ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Somali Shrew image status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Soricidae genus Crocidura species C. somalica binomial Crocidura somalica binomial authority Oldfield Thomas Thomas , 1895 synonyms range map Somali Shrew area.png range map caption Somali Shrew range The Somali Shrew Crocidura somalica is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Ethiopia , Mali , Somalia , and Sudan . Its natural habitat is dry savanna . References Hutterer, R. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 41359 all Crocidura somalica . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Soricomorpha C1. Category Crocidura whitetoothed shrew stub ca Musaranya de Som lia es Crocidura somalica eu Crocidura somalica ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Somali Hedgehog image status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Erinaceomorpha familia Erinaceidae genus Atelerix species A. sclateri binomial Atelerix sclateri binomial authority John Anderson zoologist Anderson , 1895 synonyms range map Somali Hedgehog area.png range map caption Somali Hedgehog range The Somali Hedgehog Atelerix sclateri is a species of mammal in the Erinaceidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Somalia . References World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 2275 all Atelerix sclateri . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Erinaceomorpha Category Fauna of Somalia Category Atelerix erinaceomorpha stub br Heureuchin Somalia ca Eri de Som lia es Atelerix sclateri eu Atelerix sclateri fr Atelerix sclateri pt Atelerix sclateri ru sr Atelerix sclateri uk ... more details
Taxobox name Somali Pigeon image status DD status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Columbiformes familia Columbidae genus Columba genus Columba species C. oliviae binomial Columba oliviae binomial authority Stephenson Robert Clarke Clarke , 1918 range map AT1319 map.png range map width range map caption General range Somali montane xeric woodlands synonyms The Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Somalia . Its natural habitat is temperate grassland . References BirdLife International 2008. http www.iucnredlist.org apps redlist details 143444 0 Columba oliviae . http www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 May 2010. Category Columba Category Birds of Somalia Columbiformes stub az Columba oliviae eo Somalia kolombo fr Pigeon de Somalie hu Szom li galamb pt Columba oliviae fi Somaliankyyhky ... more details
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