1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
East Asia, European Union, South America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
East Asia, European Union
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dankon
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kiel vi sanas?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Bonan nokton
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Bonan vesperon
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Bonan posttagmezon
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bonan matenon
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Mi amas vin
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Not present
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Not present
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not present
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million2.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million0.20 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
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[espeˈranto]
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
Proto-Esperanto
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signuno
6.4 Scope
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
51-AAB-da
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
Agglutinative