1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Assam, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
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3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Nungni khabora ma?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
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3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
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4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Assam, India, Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million0.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million0.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
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7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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