Somali and Malaysian
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Bye
caraysiiyo
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Musi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
19th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
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.
