1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Latvia
1.4 Total No. Of Countries
1.7 National Language
1.8 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.9 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
1.10 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.11 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Latvian State Language Center
1.12 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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
1.13 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Lithuanian Language
1.14 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
Paldies
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kā jums klājas?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ar labunakti
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Es tevi mīlu
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Piedodiet!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Latvia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Latvia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Latvia
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 million1.75 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million1.75 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
latviešu valoda
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Lettish
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Latvians or Letts
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Latvian 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
No data available
54-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology