Editing Swahili language (section)

===Somalia===
The [[Somali language]] is the national and primary first language of Somalia.<ref name=Somcon1>{{Cite web|title=The Federal Republic of Somalia Provisional Constitution of 2012.|url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=94693&p_country=SOM&p_classification=01}}</ref> The Swahili language is not widespread in Somalia and has no [[Official language|official status]] nationally or regionally.<ref name=Somcon1/> [[Dialect]]s of Swahili are spoken by some [[Minority group|ethnic minorities]] on the [[Bajuni Islands|Bajuni islands]] in the form of [[Bajuni dialect|Kibajuni]] on the southern tip of the country and in the town of [[Barawa|Brava]] in the form of [[Bravanese dialect|Chimwiini]]; both contain a significant amount of [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] loanwords.<ref>{{Cite report|last=Henderson|first=Brent|title=Chimwiini: Endangered Status and Syntactic Distinctiveness|url=http://users.clas.ufl.edu/bhendrsn/JWAL%20paper%20Chimwiini.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119153301/http://users.clas.ufl.edu/bhendrsn/JWAL%20paper%20Chimwiini.pdf|archive-date=2022-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nurse|first=Derek|title=When northern Swahili met southern Somali|url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/23416/1006736.pdf?sequence=1#page=659|journal=Contemporary African Linguistics}}</ref> Standard Swahili is generally only spoken by Somali nationals who have resided in Kenya and subsequently returned to Somalia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Scharrer|first=Tabea|date=2018-06-16|title="Ambiguous citizens": Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging|journal=Journal of Eastern African Studies|volume=12|issue=3|pages=494–513|doi=10.1080/17531055.2018.1483864|s2cid=149655820|issn=1753-1055|doi-access=free|hdl=21.11116/0000-0001-F64C-5|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Weitzberg|first=Keren|title=We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya|date=2017-07-25|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv224txv2.16|work=|pages=181–182|publisher=Ohio University Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctv224txv2.16|s2cid=240478166|access-date=2022-01-19}}</ref> Lastly, a closely related language [[Zigula language|Mushunguli]] (also known as Zigula, Zigua, or Chizigua) is spoken by some of the [[Somali Bantus|Somali Bantu]] ethnic minority mostly living in the [[Jubba Valley]].<ref>{{e25|xma|Mushungulu}}</ref> It is classified as a [[Northeast Coast Bantu languages|Northeast Coast Bantu language]] as Swahili is<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glottolog 4.5 – Northeast Coastal Bantu|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nort3209|access-date=2022-01-25|website=glottolog.org}}</ref> and has some intelligibility with Swahili.

In 2024, Somalia joined the [[East African Community]] and its inclusion may facilitate the spread of the Swahili language in Somalia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia finally joins EAC as the bloc's 8th Partner State |url=https://www.eac.int/press-releases/3049-somalia-finally-joins-eac-as-the-bloc-s-8th-partner-state |access-date=2025-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304163326/https://www.eac.int/press-releases/3049-somalia-finally-joins-eac-as-the-bloc-s-8th-partner-state |archive-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.eac.int}}</ref> Nevertheless, in Somalia, Swahili, as a foreign language, will have to compete with [[English language|English]]; the primary global [[lingua franca]], [[Arabic]]; the official second language of Somalia and a [[sacred language|liturgical language]] for Muslims,<ref name=Somcon1/> as popular secondary or tertiary languages. Consequently, there is significant uncertainty regarding the adoption of the Swahili language in Somalia compared to the situation in most other EAC member states.