1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
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
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology