Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Fadlan
  
gafare
  
Sorry
sorry
  
gafare
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
somali
  
moré
  
German Name
Somali
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Mossi
  
Origin
19th century
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
moss1236
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Mossi Speaking population
Somali and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 %. 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 Mossi on Somali vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Mossi Language Codes
Somali and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.