1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
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
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million60.00 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
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
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
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology