Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
alo
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
sorry
  
scuze
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
somali
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Somali
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Romanians
  
Origin
19th century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic