1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
1.8 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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Armenian
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Cappadocian Greek
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Greece
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Italy
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million13.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
somali
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Greeks or Hellenes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic