Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
bye
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
somali
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Somali
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
19th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative