Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Somalia
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Italian Language
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
Merci
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Evening Good
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bonjour
Please
Fadlan
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
African French
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Africa
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
français
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Français
French Name
somali
français
German Name
Somali
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard French
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Somali and French Speaking population
Somali and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and French languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Somali vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and French Language Codes
Somali and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.