1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Burkina Faso
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani 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
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
Laafi bala
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
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?
7.60 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 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
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Not available
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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