Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Somalia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
South Africa
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
How are you?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Good Evening
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
I love you
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
American English
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
anglais
somali
German Name
Englisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Somalis
Origin
5th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed English
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English and Somali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Somali language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common English Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Somali Difficulty
The English vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.