Countries
Japan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Japan
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
sorry
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
japonais
  
somali
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1185
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese and Somali Speaking population
Japanese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Somali on Japanese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Somali Language Codes
Japanese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.