1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
New Zealand
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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
Australia, Oceania
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Tahitian Language
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
Mauruuru koutou
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
E pēhea ana koe ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Afternoon pai
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Morning pai
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Aroha ahau ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
tukua ahau
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
South Island Māori
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
New Zealand
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western North Island Maori
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
New Zealand
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Eastern North Island Maori
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
New Zealand
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 million0.18 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million0.18 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
New Zealand Maori
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available