13th volume of the series Somali Studies containing the contributions of the participants to the conference "Thirty Years of Somali Studies" promoted by the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University Roma Tre. Contents: Mara Frascarelli, Annarita Puglielli, Somali in a Typological-Comparative Perspective: from Data to Theory; Abdalla Omar Mansur, The Linguistic and Ethno-Cultural Homogeneity of Somali Peolple; Annarita Puglielli, Francesca Bitocchi, Qaamuuska Af Soomaaliga. The Great Somali Monolingual Dictionary; Marco Svolacchia, Insights into Somali Place Names; Barbara Turchetta, Somali Flora and Fauna: Some Ethnoliguistic Notes; Jama Musse Jama, Somali Language and its Standardization as a Written Language: Description and Computer Tools; Ahmed Abdullahi Ahmed, Somali Language and the Media; Milena Bandiera, The Cross-Cultural Dimension of Science Education; Serena Ambroso, Innovative Aspects in the Teaching of Italian at the Somali National University; Studi Somali' Bibliography 1978-2008.