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ISO 639-3: som

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Other known names and dialect names: Af-Ashraaf, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Ashraaf, Benaadir, Common Somali, Degodia, Northern Somali, Ogaden, Soomaaliga, Standard Somali, Wardei

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINESomali Bible. The Long Now Foundation. 1979. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_som_gen-1
  2. ONLINELORELEI Somali Representative Language Pack. Tracey, Jennifer; Strassel, Stephanie; Graff, David; Wright, Jonathan; Chen, Song; Ryant, Neville; Kulick, Seth; Griffitt, Kira; Delgado, Dana; Arrigo, Michael. 2026. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2026T03
  3. ONLINELORELEI Multiway Translated Text. Tracey, Jennifer; Strassel, Stephanie; Graff, David; Wright, Jonathan; Chen, Song; Delgado, Dana; Arrigo, Michael. 2026. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2026T06

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Somali. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:so
  2. Colloquial Somali : a complete language course. Orwin, Martin, 1963-. 1995. The Colloquial series. oai:gial.edu:17302
  3. English-Somali Somali-English dictionary = Ingirisi-Soomaali qaamuus Soomaali-Ingirisi : approximately 10,000 words with meanings from Somalian to English and English to Somali. Korshel, Mohamud. 1994. New Delhi : Star Publications. oai:gial.edu:2690
  4. ONLINESomali Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_som_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

  1. Colloquial Somali : a complete language course. Orwin, Martin, 1963-. 1995. The Colloquial series. oai:gial.edu:17302
  2. The problems of vowel representation in the Isaaq dialect of Somali. Andrzejewski, B. W. 1955. [London : School of oriental and African studies]. oai:gial.edu:28371
  3. Afroasiatic linguistics : volume seven. Sasse, Hans-Jürgen, 1943-; Malisdorf, Zafrira; Antinucci, Francesco; Pugielli, Annamaria; Bolozky, Shmuel; Devens, Monica S; Loprieno, Antonio; Barkai, Malachi. n.d. Monographic journals of the Near East. Afroasiatic linguistics, 0362-3637 ; v. 7, issues 1-6. oai:gial.edu:301
  4. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Somali. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:soma1255
  5. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Somali. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:soma1255
  6. ONLINESomali Phonology. Puglielli, Annarita. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1135
  7. ONLINEProfilo fonologico del somalo. Cardona, G. R. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:122
  8. ONLINENotes on the Somali Language. Kirk, J. W. C. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2470
  9. ONLINEA Grammar of the Somali Language. Kirk, J. W. C. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2471
  10. ONLINEDai tratti ai parametri: introduzione all'analisi strumentale della lingua somala. Farnetani, E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:249
  11. ONLINEThe problem of vowel representation in the Isaaq dialect of Somali. Andrzejewsky, B. W. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:27
  12. ONLINESomali Reference Grammar. Saeed, John I. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2701
  13. ONLINEAccentual patterns in verbal forms in the Isaaq dialect of Somali. Andrzejewsky, B. W. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:28
  14. ONLINEThe phonetic structure of Somali. Armstrong, L. E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:31
  15. ONLINEReferenzgrammatik des Somali. Berchem, Jörg. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3293
  16. ONLINESomali. Saeed, John I. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3549
  17. ONLINELehrbuch des Somali. El-Solami-Mewis, Catherine. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3864
  18. ONLINEL'accento tonale in somalo. Hyman, Larry M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:391
  19. ONLINEDer Ausdruck der Possessivität im Somali. Serzisko, Fritz. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4218
  20. ONLINESovremennyj somalijskij jazyk. Dubnova, Elena Z. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4528
  21. ONLINEThe Somali language. Bell, C. R. V. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5118
  22. ONLINELes langages de l'humanité: une encyclopédie des 3000 langues parlées dans le monde. Malherbe, Michael and Rosenberg, S. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5653
  23. ONLINELanguage use in Northern Africa. Wedekind, Klaus. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:58789
  24. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Somali. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:som

Other resources about the language

  1. Afroasiatic linguistics : volume eight. Sim, Ronald James; Oomen, Antoinette; Saeed, John I; Gordon, Amnon. 1981. Malibu, Calif. : Undena Publications. oai:gial.edu:302
  2. The phonetic structure of Somali. Armstrong, Lilias Eveline, d. 1937. 1934. Ridgewood, N.J. : Gregg Press. oai:gial.edu:10581
  3. The phonetic structure of Somali. Armstrong, Lilias Eveline, d. 1937. 1934. Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalishe Sprachen an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin ; Jahrg. 37, Abt. 3. oai:gial.edu:14324
  4. Accentual patterns in verbal forms in the Isaaq dialect of Somali. Andrzejewski, B. W. 1956. [London : School of oriental and African studies]. oai:gial.edu:28370
  5. Reading in Somali : an elementary cultural reader : [final report]. Pia, J. J. 1969. [Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University ; [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Institute of International Studies. oai:gial.edu:7521
  6. The syntax of focus & topic in Somali. Saeed, John I. 1984. Kuschitische Sprachstudien ; Bd. 3. oai:gial.edu:8732
  7. Surrey Syncretisms Database. Baerman, Matthew; Brown, Dunstan; Corbett, Greville. 2002. University of Surrey. oai:surrey.smg.surrey.ac.uk:syncretism
  8. ONLINESomali: a language of Somalia. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:som
  9. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Somali. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_som
  10. ONLINEBaaqa Caalamiga Ee Xuq Wqda Aadnaha. The Long Now Foundation. 1998. Diffusion Multilingue des Droits de l'Homme, France, in cooperation with l'Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_som_undec-1
  11. ONLINEHeleya : chant de travail. Gabbai : chant de pari / Mahamoud Esma, Roble Hoche et Kihien Ebrahim, chant. Face 1. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-20099263-6f23-3cd3-89fc-e87ceb6e3d9d
  12. ONLINEHeleya : chant de travail. Gabbai : chant de pari / Mahamoud Esma, Roble Hoche et Kihien Ebrahim, chant. Face 2. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-4df521e1-a34b-3963-978c-06d93dcfefbb
  13. ONLINERécit d'une expédition guérrière / Diriye Mohammed, voix. Récit de la vie nomade : dialogue ; Aden Djama et Diriye Mohammed, voix. Face 1. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-b71f6b55-45f2-3514-89b5-36db4da62bde
  14. ONLINERécit d'une expédition guérrière / Diriye Mohammed, voix. Récit de la vie nomade : dialogue ; Aden Djama et Diriye Mohammed, voix. Face 2. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-5c32cfbe-87fa-3cde-a3ab-57983b39706c
  15. ONLINEGuelabiessi : chant pour faire boire les chameaux. Maress : chant de chamelier / Mahamoud Esma, Roble Hoche, Kihien Ebrahim, chant. Face 1. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-440b4145-ecaf-381c-a18c-996dfb5ce993
  16. ONLINEGuelabiessi : chant pour faire boire les chameaux. Maress : chant de chamelier / Mahamoud Esma, Roble Hoche, Kihien Ebrahim, chant. Face 2. Philippe Stern (1895-1979) (compiler). 1931. Musée de la parole et du geste. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-5e813548-3071-3102-af37-110efc8be772

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEMATERIAL Somali-English Language Pack. Abdi, Zeinab; Ali, Zahra; Bills, Aric; Bishop, Judith; Boyle, Anne; Chouder, Sarra; Clair, Nathaniel; Conners, Tom; Corey, Cassian; Dubinski, Eyal; Ellis, Corinna; Fernando, Jess; Gibby, Paul; Abdi, Farah H; Hammond, Simon; Hubert, Maxime; Kaiser-Schatzlein, Alice; Kazi, Michael; Lam, Julie; Lazar, Rosie; Le, Hanh; Levot, Michael; Malyska, Nicolas; Melot, Jennifer; Mensch, Alyssa; Omar, Abdulkadir Arale; Paget, Shelley; Richardson, Frederick; Rubino, Carl; Samko, Bern; Sanders, Gregory; Soh, Stephanie; Strahan, Tania E.; Taylor, Jonathan; Thompson, Brian; Tong, Audrey; Tong, Richard; Yelle, Julie; Yu, Jennifer; Zavorin, Ilya. 2024. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2024S10
  2. ONLINELORELEI Somali Representative Language Pack - Monolingual and Parallel Text. Tracey, Jennifer; Graff, David; Strassel, Stephanie; Ma, Xiaoyi; Wright, Jonathan. 2018. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2018T11
  3. ONLINEEthioSpeech. n.a. 2025. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-S0494
  4. ONLINEMiLQ: Mixed-Language Query Test Set for Bilingual Web Search – Evaluation Package. n.a. 2025. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-E0047

Other known names and dialect names: Af-Ashraaf, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Ashraaf, Benaadir, Common Somali, Degodia, Northern Somali, Ogaden, Soomaaliga, Standard Somali, Wardei

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