Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Hello
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
somali
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Somalis
  
Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
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