Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
somali
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Somali
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
19th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic