Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
sorry
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
somali
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
19th century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic