Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
somali
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
19th century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic