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Somali and Esperanto


Esperanto and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Somalia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Halo  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Fadlan  
Mi petas  

Sorry
sorry  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Not present  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
somali  
espéranto  

German Name
Somali  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
1887  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Esperanto  

Language Position
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
epo  

ISO 639 3
som  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Somali and Esperanto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Esperanto dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Esperanto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Esperanto Dialects are spoken in different Esperanto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Esperanto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Esperanto Speaking population

Somali and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto 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 Esperanto on Somali vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Esperanto Language Codes

Somali and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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