Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Somalia
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Danke
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Evening Good
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
guten Tag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
guten Morgen
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Texas German
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
somali
allemand
German Name
Somali
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Germans
Origin
19th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
soma1255
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic