Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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".
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Fadlan
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
sorry
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
somali
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Somali
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
19th century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Tagalog Speaking population
Somali and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Somali vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Tagalog Language Codes
Somali and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.