Djibouti Languages

Description
Djibouti is a multilingual country. The majority of the population speaks Somali or Afar as a first language. There are two official languages in Djibouti: Arabic and French. Arabic is of religious importance. In a formal setting, it consists of Modern Standard Arabic. Colloquially, about 59,000 local residents speak the Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic dialect, also known as Djibouti Arabic. French was inherited from the colonial period and is the primary language of instruction. About 17,000 Djiboutians speak it as a first language. Immigrant languages include Omani Arabic (38,900 speakers), Amharic (1,400 speakers), Greek (1,000 speakers) and Hindi (600 speakers).

Word List(s)
Modern Standard Arabic
 * Arabic Genealogical Word List
 * Arabic Vocabulary at ModernStandardArabic
 * Useful Arabic phrases at Omniglot

French
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * Most Common French Words at 1000MostCommonWords
 * Useful French phrases at Omniglot

Somali
 * Useful phrases in Somali at Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Modern Standard Arabic
 * Arabic Phonology at Wikipedia
 * Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
 * Arabic Alphabet at TheArabicLearner
 * The Arabic Alphabet at Optilingo

French
 * French Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia
 * French Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Somali
 * Somali Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
 * Somali Consonants at Wikipedia
 * Somali Vowels at Wikipedia
 * Somali Tone at Wikipedia

Afar
 * Afar Consonants at Wikipedia
 * Afar Vowels at Wikipedia
 * Afar Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Modern Standard Arabic
 * Arabic Modern Standard at MustGo
 * Dictionary English - Arabic at Glosbe

French
 * French Handwriting
 * French Letter Writing Guide
 * France Languages
 * French to English Dictionary at Cambridge
 * French Dictionary at Lexilogos

Somali
 * Somali language overview at AboutWorldLanguages
 * Somali basics and grammar at Learn101
 * Somali grammar at Polymath
 * Somali Dictionary at Blosbe
 * Country Studies - Somalia Language at CountryStudies
 * Somali Language at Wikipedia
 * Somali Dictionary at Lexilogos
 * Afro-Asiatic languages at Britannica

Afar
 * Afar language at Wikizero
 * An Outline of the Phonemics and Morphology of the Afar Language at Mahaffynet

Additional Resources

 * Abboud, Peter F and Ernest N McCarus. Elementary modern standard Arabic. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. Available at WorldCat
 * Conversational modern standard Arabic. [Place of publication not identified] : Pimsleur, [2012]. Available at WorldCat
 * Languages of djibouti. [Place of publication not identified] : General Books, 2010. Available at WorldCat