The most common languages after Finnish and Swedish are Russian, Estonian, Somali and English.
He also has the distinction of being the first Somali novelist to write in the nascent Latin script for the Somali language after its formalization in 1972.
Additionally, Somali is recognized as an official working language in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
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Clitic doubling is found in many languages, including Albanian, Arumanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Degema, Greek, Persian, Romanian, Somali, Italian, and Spanish.
According to Ethnologue, the majority of the population speaks Somali (297,000 speakers) or Afar (99,200 speakers) as a first language, which are the mother tongues of the Somali and Afar ethnic groups, respectively.
Other languages spoken in the UAE, due to immigration, include Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Pashto, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Balochi, Russian, Somali language, Tagalog, Nepali and Mandarin Chinese.
While most of Samatar's songs have been in Standard Somali, many of his early tunes were in the Maay variety.
The students spoke 27 different languages other than English in their homes, including Arabic, Spanish, Somali, Khmer, Vietnamese, Serbo-Croatian, and Acholi.
Somali (1970s) — modified Latin script developed by Somali linguist Shire Jama Ahmed for writing the Somali language; made compulsory in 1972 by the President of Somalia, General Mohamed Siad Barre.
Earlier, the programme featured a multi-lingual news section with news in Vietnamese, Somali, Urdu and other languages.