Native Name: Afsoomaali
Number of Speakers: 15 million (estimate)
Official language of: Somalia
Script used: Latin (Is also written in Arabic and Osmanya scripts)
Sample of Somali
Somali Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles
Adelphi Translations Ltd. work translating Somali to English and English to Somali. We also produce voice recordings and subtitles for video in Somali as well as translation and localisation of web sites into Somali. We are based in Sheffield, UK and handle language projects for local clients in commercial centres such as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and London but also have many International clients from around the world.
Adelphi have translated Somali for many government agencies through out the UK such as Asylum agencies, educational agencies such as CILT, the police and housing associations.
The example of Somali translation and typesetting for the Leicestershire police was carried out for their agency Health and Housing.
Translation & Typesetting in Somali for Leicestershire Constabulary
Somali translation and typesetting example
The Somali or Osmanya alphabet was created in 1922 by Cismaan Kenadiid, brother of the Sultan of Obbia. It was not widely used, apart from for private correspondence. In 1961 both the Latin and Osmanya scripts were adopted for use in Somalia, but in 1969 there was a coup, with one of its stated aims the resolution of the debate over the country’s writing system. The Latin alphabet was finally adopted in 1972 and at the same time Somali was made the sole official language of Somalia.
