1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
- 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
Kurdish and Persian
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian 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
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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
mana bebahgsh
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available