About Somali Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Somali is an Afroasiatic language and it belongs to the Cushitic branch. The language is spoken by Somalians. Somali is the official language of Somalia, Somaliland, and is widely spoken by Ethiopia. It is the national language in Djibouti and is also spoken in northeastern Kenya. The Somali language is written in the Latin alphabet and has an Arabic alphabet as well. Osmanya and the Borama script are used to write the Somali language. Somali is widely spoken in the region and is followed by Oromo and Afar. There are approximately 21.8 million speakers of Somali. The language is spread in Greater Somalia. It is spoken by around 7.8 million. People living in Somalia speak the language on daily basis. About 95% of the country's inhabitants speak the language. The majority of the population in Djibouti speaks Somali.
About Kazakh Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kazakh is also known as Qazaq. It is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch and is spoken in Central Asia. The language is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz, and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and is a minority language in Xinjiang. Kazakh is also spoken in China and the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia. It is also spoken by ethnic Kazakhs in the former Soviet Union. The language is also spoken in Germany and Turkey. Just like many Turkic languages, Kazakh employs vowel harmony. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev changed the writing system of the language. The Cyrillic to Latin script has been enforced till the year 2025. The proposed Latin alphabet was revised several times and was introduced in January 2021. The language has many Turkish alphabets, and lacks the letters C. Kazakh has four additional letters that include: Ä, Ñ, Q, and Ū.The language is scheduled to be phased in from 2023 to 2031.
