Djibouti Languages
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In other languages: Description
Djibouti is a multilingual country. The majority of the population speaks Somali or Afar as a first language. There are two official languages in Djibouti: Arabic and French. Arabic is of religious importance. In a formal setting, it consists of Modern Standard Arabic. Colloquially, about 59,000 local residents speak the Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic dialect, also known as Djibouti Arabic. French was inherited from the colonial period and is the primary language of instruction. About 17,000 Djiboutians speak it as a first language. Immigrant languages include Omani Arabic (38,900 speakers), Amharic (1,400 speakers), Greek (1,000 speakers) and Hindi (600 speakers). [1]
Word List(s)
Modern Standard Arabic
- Arabic Genealogical Word List
- Arabic Vocabulary at ModernStandardArabic
- Useful Arabic phrases at Omniglot
French
- French Genealogical Word List
- Most Common French Words at 1000MostCommonWords
- Useful French phrases at Omniglot
Somali
Alphabet and Pronunciation
Modern Standard Arabic
- Arabic Phonology at Wikipedia
- Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
- Arabic Alphabet at TheArabicLearner
- The Arabic Alphabet at Optilingo
French
Somali
- Somali Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
- Somali Consonants at Wikipedia
- Somali Vowels at Wikipedia
- Somali Tone at Wikipedia
Afar
Language Aids and Dictionaries
Modern Standard Arabic
French
- French Handwriting
- French Letter Writing Guide
- France Languages
- French to English Dictionary at Cambridge
- French Dictionary at Lexilogos
Somali
- Somali language overview at AboutWorldLanguages
- Somali basics and grammar at Learn101
- Somali grammar at Polymath
- Somali Dictionary at Blosbe
- Country Studies - Somalia Language at CountryStudies
- Somali Language at Wikipedia
- Somali Dictionary at Lexilogos
- Afro-Asiatic languages at Britannica
Afar
- Afar language at Wikizero
- An Outline of the Phonemics and Morphology of the Afar Language at Mahaffynet
Additional Resources
- Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm), and Pimsleur (Firm). Conversational modern standard Arabic. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.
- Abboud, Peter F, and Ernest N McCarus. Elementary modern standard Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Available at: WorldCat.
- Languages of djibouti. [Place of publication not identified] : General Books, 2010. Available at WorldCat
Languages of djibouti. n.p.: General Books, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Djibouti," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Djibouti, accessed 8 April 2021.