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Somali and German


German and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hallo   

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   

Please
Fadlan   
bitte   

Sorry
sorry   
Verzeihung   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

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   

History

Origin
19th century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
83   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ger   

ISO 639 3
som   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
soma1255   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Somali and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Somali and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and German Speaking population

Somali and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and German languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Somali vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and German Language Codes

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

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