1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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
Brahmic family and derivatives
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
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, kerala
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 million38.00 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
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
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
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
No early form
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology