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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
31
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2633
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
57
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2131
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Ethiopic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
53
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Selam
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
amesege'nallo'
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Dehina newot?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Dehna dur
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
melkam meshe't
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
i'ndemin walu
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
i'ndemin adäru
3.8 Please
Fadlan
i'bakwon
3.9 Sorry
sorry
aznallehu
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
tschao
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
afekirishalehu
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
yiqirta
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gondar
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gondar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Gojjami
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Ethiopia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Showa
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ethiopia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
35
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million18.70 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.37 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA10.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
5.3.4 French Name
somali
amharique
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Amharisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Amharas
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
13th century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Amharic
6.3.3 Language Position
8355
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Amharic
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
am
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
amh
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
amh
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
amh
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
amha1245
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Somali and Amharic Alphabets

Somali and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Amharic. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Somali and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Amharic languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Amharic Speaking population

Somali and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Somali vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Amharic Language Codes

Somali and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.