1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Japan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Korean Language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Kana
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
sorry
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kagawa
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
128.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
128.00 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available