Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Somalia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Thank you
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
How are you?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Good Night
Good Evening
Evening Good
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Good Morning
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
I love you
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
American English
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
English
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
French Name
somali
anglais
German Name
Somali
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard English
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Somali and English Speaking population
Somali and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and English languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Somali vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and English Language Codes
Somali and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.