1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
1.10 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
Not Available
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
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Merina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western Malagasy
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sakalava
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not Available
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 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
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
Not Available
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
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available