Countries
Myanmar
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- 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
Thai Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
sorry
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
birman
  
somali
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available