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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
323
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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, Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Amharic and Hebrew
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2628
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
58
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2128
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
54
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
مرحبا
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
شكرا
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
كيف حالك؟
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
تصبح على خير
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
مساء الخير
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
مساء الخير
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
صباح الخير
3.8 Please
Fadlan
من فضلك
3.9 Sorry
sorry
آسف
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
وداعا
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
أحبك
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
اعذرني
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Maghrebi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Sudanese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sudan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA17,000,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Levantine
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Cyprus, Levant
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
326
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million452.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA4.43 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million206.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA246.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
(al arabiya) العربية
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
5.3.4 French Name
somali
arabe
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Arabisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Arabs
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
512 CE
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Standard Arabic
6.3.3 Language Position
8325
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Arabic
6.4 Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
ar
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
ara
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
ara
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
ara
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
arab1395
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic

Somali and Arabic Alphabets

Somali and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Arabic. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Somali and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Arabic Speaking population

Somali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Somali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Arabic Language Codes

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