Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience - David D. Laitin, James T Watkins IV and Elise V Watkins Professor of Political Science David D Laitin - Google Books

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When the Somali Republic received independence, its parliamentary government decided to adopt three official languages: English, Italian, and Arabic—all languages of foreign contact. Since the vast majority of the nation's citizens spoke a single language,…