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The creation of the language
It is estimated that the Somali language has existed before 1500. Most of the people that speak the language migrated to what is now present-day Somali from the south of Yemen during the 1600 -
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The settling of the Somali people
The Somalia language was spoken amongst a small group of African bedouins that traveled from Yemen to the central part of Somalia. The lived there trading resources across the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian sea. -
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The growth of the language
The begin to colonize the region and began developing their own individual language with the mixture of the Ethiopian and Arabic language. -
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A language is born
The native language of the Somali people began to spread out across the coast of the horn of Africa. Different dialects where being formed based on the geographical region that you came from. -
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The European colonization
Great Britain, Italy, and France began to colonize the Somali country as a whole. Which lead to the influence of their language on to theirs. -
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The birth of a world language
After the imperial countries decide established Somalia as an international country the Somalia language became a language spoken across the globe.