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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
31
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Somalia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2653
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
510
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2143
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
53
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Molo
3.8 Please
Fadlan
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
sorry
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
39
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
somali
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
83NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Somali and Xhosa Alphabets

Somali and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Xhosa. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Somali and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Xhosa languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Xhosa Speaking population

Somali and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Somali vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Xhosa Language Codes

Somali and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.