Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
sorry
  
binu
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
bye
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
somali
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Somali
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
19th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Somali and Yoruba Speaking population
Somali and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba 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 Yoruba on Somali vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Yoruba Language Codes
Somali and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.