Somali and Afrikaans
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
National Language
Somalia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Dankie
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Habeenka Good
goeie nag
Good Evening
Evening Good
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
goeie more
Bye
caraysiiyo
Not Available
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cape Dutch
French Name
somali
afrikaans
German Name
Somali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Afrikaners
Origin
19th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
soma1255
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Somali and Afrikaans 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 Somali and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Afrikaans Speaking population
Somali and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans on Somali vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Afrikaans Language Codes
Somali and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.