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Somali and Tagalog


Tagalog and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

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  

History

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  

Language Position
83  
99+
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Somali and Tagalog Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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