1 Countries
1.1 Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
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
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
matur nuwun
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
piye kabare?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
wengi sing apik
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
110,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Not Available
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian 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
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available