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Somalis

Somalis or Somali people, are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. The Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family.

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Australia
18,401
Austria
7,101
Belgium
2,627
Brazil
517
Canada
65,550
Denmark
21,610 (2025)

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Etymology

History

Clan system

Religion

Languages

Culture

Architecture

Ethnic flag

Geographic distribution

Genetics

Somali studies

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Somalis

Nodes513
Edges512
Triples300
Avg. degree2
Density0.003899
Components1

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Somalis

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related to history · 49
Somalis → According, Achaemenid, Africa, African, Ancient, Ancient Egyptians, Arabian Peninsula, Automoli, Babylonians, BC, BCE, Cambyses II, Dhambalin, Doian, During, East, Egypt, Hargeisan, Herodotus, Horn
related to Uniparental lineages · 32
Somalis → According, Afro-Asiatic-speaking, After, Berbers, Besides, Cruciani, Dir, Dire Dawa, Djibouti, DNA, E-M78, E1b1b, E1b1b1a, E3b, Egypt/Libya, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Haplogroup, Horn, M184
related to Geographic distribution · 24
Somalis → Africa, Canada, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Following, Greater Somalia, Horn, Kenya, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Somali, Somali Region, Somalia, Sweden, The, The Somali, These, This, Today
related to Religion · 24
Somalis → Africa, Al-Yaqubi, An, Arab, At, Horn, In, Islam, Islamic, Islamicization, Masjid, Muslims, One, Persian, Prophet Muhummad's, Qiblatayn, Red Sea, Shafi'i, Somali, Somalia
related to Bibliography · 13
Somalis → Death Among, Eland Publishing Ltd, Gerald, Hanley, Life, Martin's Press Inc, New York, Paolo, Somalia, St, The Colonial Legacy, Tripodi, Warriors
related to Languages · 13
Somalis → Af-Soomaali, Afar, Afroasiatic, Cushitic, Greater Somalia, Its, One, Recent, Saho, Somali, Somalia, The, The Somali
related to Ethnic flag · 12
Somalis → Greater Somalia, It, Mohammed Awale Liban, Somali, Somali Republic, Somalia, Star, The, The Somali, Trust Territory, Unity, Upon
related to Somali studies · 11
Somalis → Africa, Greater Somalia, Horn, International Congress, It, Middle East, Since, Somali, Somali Studies, Somalist, The
related to Etymology · 8
Somalis → Another, Arabic, Historian Mohamed, One, Rirash, Samaale, Somali, This
related to Law · 7
Somalis → Africa, Given, Horn, It, The Xeer, Thus, Xeer

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somali somalia also africa ancient region people horn islam ethnic east century ancestry early one cushitic arab somaliland first italian

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SomalisAustralia18,4011.00infobox
SomalisAustria7,1011.00infobox
SomalisBelgium2,6271.00infobox
SomalisBrazil5171.00infobox
SomalisCanada65,5501.00infobox
SomalisDenmark21,610 (2025)1.00infobox
SomalisDjibouti586,000 (2019)1.00infobox
SomalisEgypt21,000–200,0001.00infobox
SomalisEritrea2,6041.00infobox
SomalisEthiopia4,581,793 (2007)1.00infobox
SomalisFinland26,891 (2024)1.00infobox
SomalisFrance8,0001.00infobox
SomalisGermany60,2951.00infobox
SomalisIndonesia1,1701.00infobox
SomalisIreland2,1501.00infobox
SomalisItaly9,3491.00infobox
SomalisKenya2,780,502 (2019)1.00infobox
SomalisLibya112,000 (2020)1.00infobox
SomalisMalaysia3,0001.00infobox
SomalisNetherlands41,0641.00infobox
SomalisNew Zealand1,6171.00infobox
SomalisNorway44,176 (2025)1.00infobox
SomalisOther countriesOther countries Zambia3,000–4,000 Malaysia3,000 Belgium2,627 Eritrea2,604 Pakistan2,500 Ireland2,150 New Zealand1,617 Indonesia1,170 Brazil5171.00infobox
SomalisPakistan2,5001.00infobox
SomalisSaudi Arabia45,7101.00infobox
SomalisSomalia[a]18,143,378 (2023)[improper synthesis?]1.00infobox
SomalisSouth Africa27,000–40,0001.00infobox
SomalisSweden66,846 (2024)1.00infobox
SomalisSwitzerland8,6251.00infobox
SomalisTurkey5,518 .mw-parser-output .cisb-header{line-height:normal;padding:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table.cisb-last{margin-bottom:-0.4em}.mw-p…1.00infobox

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