Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Fadlan
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
somali
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
19th century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating