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Italian and Somali


Somali and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Somalia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Hello   

Thank You
grazie   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Per Favore   
Fadlan   

Sorry
scusate   
sorry   

Bye
arrivederci   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
af Soomaali   

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

French Name
italien   
somali   

German Name
Italienisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Somalis   

History

Origin
960 BC   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Somali   

Language Position
27   
23
83   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
som   

ISO 639 3
ita   
som   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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 Italian 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 Italian and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Somali Speaking population

Italian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Somali on Italian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Somali Language Codes

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

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