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
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 in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Je t'aime
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
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
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
9th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Somali
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French 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 French and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Somali language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common French Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Somali Difficulty
The French vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.