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Somali and Japanese


Japanese and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Palau   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Fadlan   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
sorry   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
af Soomaali   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
japonais   

German Name
Somali   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
19th century   
1185   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Japanese   

Language Position
83   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
som   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Somali and Japanese Speaking population

Somali and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Somali vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Japanese Language Codes

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

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