Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Somali (som) Alternative Names  Af-Soomaali, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Common Somali, Standard Somali Family/Group  Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic Area  Africa General Data  spoken in Somalia (official language), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Finland, Italy, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Yemen Typological Information  • SOV • inflecting Reduplication Form-Function  • full: pluralization • partial (with and without fixed segmentism): pluralization Relationship Form-Function  various forms - one function Reduplication System  • (fixed segment reduplication for) pluralization of masculine monosyllabic nouns (Ulrike Claudi, personal communication) • partial (first syllable) reduplication in adjectives as attributes of pluralized nouns (Ulrike Claudi, personal communication) Comments  the insertion of the Somali data has highly profited from personal communication with Ulrike Claudi (University of Cologne) Forms  Select Valueσ reduplicant with fixed segments word   Functions  Select Valuepluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valueplurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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