Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India
  
National Language
Somalia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
somali
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Somali
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
19th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available