Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
somali
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Somali
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available