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Finnish and Somali Speaking countries


Somali and Finnish Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Somalia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

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Finnish and Somali as Minority Language

In Finnish and Somali speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Somali as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Somali as minority language: Yemen.

If you want to compare Finnish and Somali dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Somali Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Finnish and Somali Regulators

Finnish and Somali speaking countries provide you Finnish and Somali regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Somali is regulated by National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy. Also get to learn, Finnish and Somali Language History.

Finnish and Somali Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Somali continents in which Finnish and Somali speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Somali. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Somali speaking countries lie in Africa, Middle East. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Somali languages:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

Somali Interesting Facts:

The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Afar and Oromo Language and derived from Arabic Language.

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