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Somali and Finnish Speaking countries


Finnish and Somali Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

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Somali and Finnish as Minority Language

In Somali and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Somali and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Somali as minority language: Yemen.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

If you want to compare Somali and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Somali vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Somali and Finnish Regulators

Somali and Finnish speaking countries provide you Somali and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy regulates Somali language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Somali and Finnish Language History.

Somali and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Somali and Finnish continents in which Somali and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Somali and Finnish. Most of the Somali speaking countries lie in Africa, Middle East. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Somali and Finnish languages:

Somali Interesting Facts:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

The Somali language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Afar and Oromo Language whereas Somali language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.

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