Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
sorry
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
hindi
  
somali
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
7th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available