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Somali and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
3   
12

National Language
France   
Somalia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Hello   

Thank You
Merci   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Fadlan   

Sorry
désolé   
sorry   

Bye
au revoir   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Français   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
français   
somali   

German Name
Französisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
9th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Somali   

Language Position
13   
12
83   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
som   

ISO 639 3
fra   
som   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All French 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 French and Somali dialects. Various dialects of French and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Somali Speaking population

French and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of French and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Somali on French vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Somali Language Codes

French and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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