Countries
India
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
India
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
NA
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
sorry
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
somali
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Somalis
  
Origin
15
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available