1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Australia
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish 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
Baybayin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
Salamat po
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kamusta ka na?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Magandang gabi po
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Magandang hapon po
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Magandang umaga po
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Iniibig kita
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Batangas Tagalog
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Batangas, Gabon
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Philippines
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million73.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million28.00 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
Filipino, Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
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
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
1.1.1 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
1.2 Scope
2 Code
2.1 ISO 639 1
2.2 ISO 639 2
2.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
2.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
2.3 ISO 639 3
2.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
2.5 Glottocode
2.6 Linguasphere
2.7 Types of Language
2.7.1 Language Type
2.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
2.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available