Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
su prabat
  
Please
Fadlan
  
kripya
  
Sorry
sorry
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
somali
  
dogri
  
German Name
Somali
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Dogras
  
Origin
19th century
  
1971
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Dogri Speaking population
Somali and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Dogri on Somali vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Dogri Language Codes
Somali and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.