Somali is the national language of Somalia, in easement Africa. Jt is spoken by the great majority of the population (about 7 million people), as well as another 1½ million in Ethiopia, and about 300,000 in Kenya. Somali is one of the Cushitic languages, which form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic) family. In 1973 it was made the official language of Somalia.

Somali is spoken/used in the following countries:
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.