Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
somali
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Somali
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
19th century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Belarusian Speaking population
Somali and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Belarusian on Somali vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Belarusian Language Codes
Somali and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.