1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Jammu and Kashmir, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
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, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
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
dhanwaad
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
kiyaan oo ji
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
su prabat
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
changa ji pher
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
gustakhi maaf
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Himachal Pradesh, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA100,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA110,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million4.00 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
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
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
No Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Not Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available