Country scorecard
Somalia
Africa · 18.1M people
ALPS
1.54
languages per person
#100 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
4%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.5 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Somalia is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti70%
- 🇶🇦 Qatar51%
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain51%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Somali99%
- Standard Arabic50%
- English5%
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The countries sitting next to Somalia in the world multilingualism ranking.
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