Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
380.00 million
  
5
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
somali
  
hindi
  
German Name
Somali
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
19th century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic