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Somali and Igbo


Igbo and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
kedụ   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Fadlan   
Biko   

Sorry
sorry   
Ndo   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Not Available   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
af Soomaali   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Ibo   

French Name
somali   
igbo   

German Name
Somali   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
19th century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
83   
99+
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
som   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Somali and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Igbo Speaking population

Somali and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Igbo on Somali vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Igbo Language Codes

Somali and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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