Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Not Available
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
somali
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Somali
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
19th century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Somali and Abkhaz Speaking population
Somali and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz 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 Somali and Abkhaz on Somali vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Abkhaz Language Codes
Somali and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.