Finnish and Somali
Countries
European Union, Finland
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Kiitos
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Finland
Gabon, Standard Somali
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Suomi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
finnois
somali
German Name
Finnisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Somalis
Language Family
Uralic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Cushitic
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Somali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Finnish and Somali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Finnish and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Somali Speaking population
Finnish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Somali on Finnish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Somali Language Codes
Finnish and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.