Countries
India
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
India
  
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
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
oriya
  
somali
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Somalis
  
Origin
3 BC
  
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
Standard Odia
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
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