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Macedonian and Somali


Somali and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
26   
16
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hello   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Fadlan   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
sorry   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
macédonien   
somali   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Somalis   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
som   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Somali Speaking population

Macedonian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available 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 Macedonian and Somali on Macedonian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Somali Language Codes

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

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