1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Telugu
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Kannada Script
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
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian 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 Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available