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Most people in Somaliland speak the country's two official languages: the Somali language and the Arabic language, with Article 6 of the Constitution of 2001 designating the official language of Somaliland to be Somali. It is mandatory that Arabic be taught to school students and in mosques around the country. English is spoken and taught in schools.
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The discovery of flint implements of the same types as those found in Egypt, Mauritania, and Europe show Somaliland to have been inhabited by man in the Stone age. That .the country was subsequently occupied by a more highly civilized people than the Somali of to-day is evidenced by the ruins which are found in various districts. Many of these ruins are attributable to the Arabs, but older remains are traditionally ascribed to a people who were " before the Galla." Blocks of dressed stone overgrown by grass lie in regular formation; a series of parallel revetment walls on hills commanding passes exist, as do relics of ancient water-tanks. This ancient civilization is supposed to have been swept away by Mahommedan conquerors; before that event the people, in the opinion of several travellers, professed a degraded form of Christianity, which they had acquired from their Abyssinian neighbours. Of more recent origin are the ruins known as Galla graves (Taalla Galla).
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The story goes that after a distinguished career with the World Health Organization, Edna Adan returned home to Somaliland where she started the country’s first maternal hospital. Besides using her pension, she sold her Mercedes to get the hospital started. She’s been saving the lives of mothers and children ever since.
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[One] alternative would be to approach Ethiopia, which already has strong unofficial relations with Somaliland, and offer it incentives to make its recognition official. If it does so, the dominoes might cascade from there - South Africa, for instance, doesn't want to be the first country to recognize Somaliland but would probably be the second.
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