1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available