somali in English

adjective
1
of or relating to Somalia, the Somalis, or their language.
Despite his fluency in the Somali language and culture, Ibrahim considers himself thoroughly American.
noun
1
a member of a mainly Muslim people of Somalia.
Unlike other Muslims, Somalis believe that both their religious and secular leaders have the power to bless and to curse people.

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1. Northern Somali (or Northern-Central Somali) forms the basis for Standard Somali.

2. Plotnikoff, an internist, speaks Somali and has many Somali patients. Sentencedict.com

3. Aliform Somali Generation ASG, Kakuma, Kenya

4. Somali Bantu History The Somali Bantus are an ethnic group from Somalia, largely from the Shebelle and Jubba River valleys, in the Southwestern part of the country. Somali Bantus are ethnically and culturally different from the general Somali population, made up of the Cushitic Somali clan, and Arab and Italian minorities (Eno & Van Lehman, 2003).

5. Why is nobody concerned about the Somali migrants in Libya ?

6. The Somali is the longhair counterpart to the Abyssinian .

7. Islamic shari'a has traditionally played a significant part in Somali society.

8. The Somali originated as a longhaired mutation of the Abyssinian.

9. Many of the Somali social norms come from their religion.

10. Looking like our campaign of Arabizing the somali language is in full motion boys :salute: and tf is suksaan just say sharabaad like a normal somali :umwhat:

11. See also the Somali which is the longhair counterpart of the Abyssinian.

12. The Union of the two regions in 1960 formed the Somali Republic.

13. The Iraqi and Somali immigrant populations have increased significantly in recent years.

14. Through commerce, Islam spread amongst the Somali population in the coastal cities.

15. First rule: there is no clan distinguished and political division in Somali society.

16. The coastal dialects have additional phonemes that do not exist in Standard Somali.

17. ‘There are television and radio broadcasts in the French, Afar, Somali, and Arabic languages.’

18. My name is Halima Aden and I'm a black, Muslim, Somali-American from Kenya.

19. Somali, just after replacing Ashanti's position, was torpedoed by the submarine and severely damaged.

20. In theory, it has served as the basis for all national legislation in every Somali constitution.

21. They used the ancient Somali maritime vessel known as the beden to transport their cargo.

22. Grevy's zebra has been crossed with the Somali wild ass in the early 20th century.

23. The Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) is a subspecies of the African wild ass.

24. They called upon all Somali parties to renounce violence and engage in dialogue and reconciliation.

25. 11 Indian sailors who were on Rak Africana were released yesterday by the Somali pirates.

26. However the death of Yare came from a bullet from internal fighting between Somali government forces.

27. Lactation amenorrhea, used by # per cent of married Somali women, is the most popular contraceptive method

28. In antiquity, Berbera was part of a chain of commercial port cities along the Somali seaboard.

29. The war ended when Somali forces retreated back across the border and a truce was declared.

30. They all have mixed with slave trade Bantus, so all Somali Bantus DO descend from foreign slaves.

31. Lactation amenorrhea, used by 13 per cent of married Somali women, is the most popular contraceptive method.

32. In addition, the airport management levies a “tax” of 250,000 Somali shillings ($12.5) per bag of khat.

33. Air Bas is a commercial charter company whose Somali clients currently include Gallad Air and Juba Airlines.

34. As of 2006, there were approximately 16.6 million speakers of Somali, of which about 8.3 million reside in Somalia.

35. Thailand has serious concerns about the problem of Somali piracy, which has increased in scope, scale and frequency.

36. In a popular local TV series entitled La Squadra, she played a policewoman of dual Somali-Italian heritage.

37. The Somali waters, including the Gulf of Aden, now constitute perhaps the most dangerous waterway on the globe.

38. Notable people with the surname include: Teet Allas (born 1977), Estonian footballer; Yasmine Allas (born 1967), Somali-Dutch actress and writer

39. This progressive retinal atrophy is an inherited, rare form of early-onset blindness seen in Abyssinian and Somali cats

40. On 20 September, she was required to assist the destroyer Somali which had been torpedoed by the German U-boat U-703.

41. Jewish merchants from the Hormuz also brought their Indian textile and fruit to the Somali coast in exchange for grain and wood.

42. Somali-American model Halima Aden just made history by gracing the pages of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue wearing a hijab and Burkini

43. The government became increasingly authoritarian, and resistance movements, encouraged by Ethiopia, sprang up across the country, eventually leading to the Somali Civil War.

44. These key indicators are even poorer in outlying regions (Afar, Benshangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Somali), which require special attention in the coming programme cycle.

45. In 2000, peace talks between various factions of the Somali Civil War were held in Arta city, resulting in the establishment of the Transitional National Government of Somalia.

46. The country programme will be implemented nationally, focusing on the developing regional states (Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Somali) and other marginalized areas or population groups.

47. Alternative names: the Afars are known in Ethiopia as the Danakils Location: the republic of Djibouti and neighbouring borders of Ethiopia and Somalia Population: 460,000 (1986) % of population: Issas about 50%, Afars 25% Religion: Muslim Language: the Issas are a Somali-speaking people The Issas are a Somali people and the Afars belong to the same ethnic group as the neighbouring Ethiopian

48. Karns, the Africom public affairs director, told FP that while the Bombardments alone would not defeat al-Shabab, they definitely weaken the group: “Strikes against al-Shabab support Somali

49. The campaign championed by the Somali Bantu activists in Europe will eventually affect the lives of thousands of fellow Bantus in the refugee camps in Kenya and in Somalia.

50. Hassan Ghedi Santur’s novel Youth of God and Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali’s Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir, both published in 2019, explore accounts of troubled and ruptured Boyhoods.