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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Pan South African Language Board
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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2657
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
57
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2150
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
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
unjani
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
Fadlan
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
34
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
somali
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
19
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
8387
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
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 Zulu Alphabets

Somali and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Zulu. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Somali and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Zulu Speaking population

Somali and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Somali vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Zulu Language Codes

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