Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Israel
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
somali
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Somali
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th century
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic