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Malaysian and Somali


Somali and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Malaysia   
Somalia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Hello   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
sila   
Fadlan   

Sorry
maaf   
sorry   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
malais   
somali   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
19th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Somali   

Language Position
54   
39
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
som   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Malaysian and Somali Speaking population

Malaysian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Somali on Malaysian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Somali Language Codes

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

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