Education Material on Somali
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Where can I get educational material to learn Somali?
There many manuals for learning Somali; they are mostly in English. Most materials are listed in the link (A linguistics Bibliography of the Somali Language). However, here listed are some materials in some languages other than Somali.
In English:
Saeed, John Ibrahim. 1987. Somali Reference Grammar. Wheaton: Dunwoody Press.
Abraham, R. C. Somali-English Dictionary. London : University of London, 1968. - xviii,332p.
Zorc, David and Madina M. Osman. Somali-English Dictionary with English Index. Kensington, Maryland: Dunwoody Press, 1993. -xxvii, 611p.
Bell, C.R.V., 1953. The Somali Language. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
De Larajasse, E. Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London 1897. 301 pp.
De Larajasse, E. and De Sampont, C. P. Practical Grammar of the Somali Language with a Manual of Sentences. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London 1897. XII 265 pp.
Drysdale, John. Notes on the Somali Language for Beginners. The Stationery Office. Hargeisa 1953. 67 pp.
Drysdale, John. Somali Primer, Part 1. The Stationery Office, Hargeisa 1959. 40 pp.
English-Somali Dictionary. Hippocrene Books, Incorporated, 02/1994. ISBN0-7818-0269-5
Farah, Jawahir Abdulla. Somali learner's dictionary = Qaamuuska barashada Ingiriis-Soomaali / Jawahir Abdulla Farah, Jawaahir Cabdala Faarax. London : Haan Associates, 1992. - xvi, 113p : ill.
Kirk, J.W.C. 1905. A Grammar of the Somali Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Korshel, Mohamud. Somali-English--English-Somali Dictionary. -- French & European Publications, Incorporated, 1994. 445 p. ISBN 0-7859-8763-0.
Luling, Virginia, 1987. Somali--English Dictionary. Wheaton: Dunwoody Press.
Luling, Virginia. Somali-English dictionary. Wheaton : Dunwoody, 1987. - vi, 605p.
En français:
Diriye Abdullahi, Mohamed. Parlons somali. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996. I Cassette. 367 p.
Carton Dibeth, Véronique. Manuel de conversation somali-français suivi d'un guide de Djibouti. Paris, L'Harmattan, c. 1988. 80p., ill.
De Sampont, C. F. Grammaire abrégée de la langue somalie avec exercices et conversations. R. Academia dei Lincei. Roma 1920. 237 pp.
De Sampont, C. F. Grammaire somalie. Missione Catholique, Londre, Berbera, 1905.
Philibert, Christophe. Petit lexique somali-français. Paris, C. Klincksieck, 1976.
In Italian (Italiano):
Dizionario somalo--italiano, 1985. Roma: Gangemi.
Giovanni, M. (Da Palermo). Grammatica della lingua Somala. (Prefazioni di Luigi Salol) Tipografia Francescana. Missione Cattolica, Asmara 1914. 357 pp.
Giovanni, M. (Da Palermo). Dizionario Somalo-Italiano e Italiano-Somalo. Tipografia Francescana. Missione Cattolica, Asmara 1915. 209 pp.
Orano, M. Elementi per le studio della lingua somala. U. Hoepli, Milano 1931.
© Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
April 30, 1999