1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia 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
Munda 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
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Adi Johar
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Not Available
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
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?
6.30 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
6.30 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
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
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic 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
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available