Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Bos días
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
somali
  
galicien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th century
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Galician Speaking population
Somali and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician 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 Galician on Somali vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Galician Language Codes
Somali and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.