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Somali and Malaysian


Malaysian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Somalia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Thailand   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Hai   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Fadlan   
sila   

Sorry
sorry   
maaf   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
malais   

German Name
Somali   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
83   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
may   

ISO 639 3
som   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
stan1306   

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   

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All Somali and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Malaysian Speaking population

Somali and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Malaysian on Somali vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Malaysian Language Codes

Somali and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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