Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
2
13
National Language
Somalia
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
42
22
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
32
21
How Many Consonants
21
11
32
22
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks
12
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hello
ahoj
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
děkuji
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Evening Good
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
dobré ráno
Please
Fadlan
prosím
Sorry
sorry
litovat
Bye
caraysiiyo
sbohem
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
promiňte
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Chod
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Chodsko, Bohemia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Lach
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Moravian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
108,000.00
27
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
13
13
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
99+
11.00 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.15 %
99+
Native Speakers
8.00 million
99+
11.00 million
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
somali
tchèque
German Name
Somali
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Czechs
History
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Czech
Language Position
83
99+
73
99+
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
so
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ces
ISO 639 2/B
som
cze
ISO 639 3
som
ces
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
czec1258
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
