Macro-Somali languages

Macro-Somali
Somaloid
Geographic
distribution
Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologeast2653

The Macro-Somali or Somaloid languages, or (in the conception of Bernd Heine, who does not include Baiso[2]) Sam languages, are a branch of the Lowland East Cushitic languages. They are spoken in Somalia, Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. The most widely spoken member is Somali.[3]

  1. ^ "Somali languages". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ Heine 1978, p. 8.
  3. ^ Roger Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)