1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Foras na Gaeilge
1.8 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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Conas atá tú ?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Gabh mo leithscéal
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Connacht Irish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Connacht
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Munster
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million0.14 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology