1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Turkey, Uzbekistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kazakh and Uyghur 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
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Rakhmat
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Hayirli tun
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Hayirli kech
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Hayirli kun
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Hayirli tong
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Sizni sevaman
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Iltimos! Menga qarang
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million26.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
9th–12th centuries AD
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Southestern(Chagatai)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available