1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Gràcies
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
T'estimo
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Spain
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million4.10 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
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
somali
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Catalan
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-e
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available