Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
sorry
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
albanais
  
somali
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Somali Speaking population
Albanian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Somali on Albanian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Somali Language Codes
Albanian and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.