Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Fadlan
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
sorry
  
sorry
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
somali
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Somali
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
19th century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic