Somali and Indonesian
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Indonesia
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Bye
caraysiiyo
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Permisi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
19th century
7th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Somali
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
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.
