1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Pacific
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Korean Language
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
Kana
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Kagawa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Fukuoka
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 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million128.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Japanese
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
No data available
45-CAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic