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Somali and Indonesian


Indonesian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Halo   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Fadlan   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
sorry   
maaf   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
somali   
indonésien   

German Name
Somali   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
19th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Indonesian   

Language Position
83   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ind   

ISO 639 3
som   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Somali and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Indonesian Speaking population

Somali and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Somali vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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