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German and Somali


Somali and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Germany   
Somalia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
Danke   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
bitte   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
sorry   

Bye
Tschüs   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
allemand   
somali   

German Name
Deutsch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Somalis   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Somali   

Language Position
9   
9
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
som   

ISO 639 3
deu   
som   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Somali Speaking population

German and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Somali on German vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Somali Language Codes

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

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