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Somali Language



Countries
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Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia 0

Total No. Of Countries
3 12

National Language
Somalia 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East 0

Minority Language
Yemen 0

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy 0

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.
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Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language 0

Derived From
Arabic Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
26 8

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
21 11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
5 4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks 12

Greetings
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Hello
Hello 0

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay 0

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ? 0

Good Night
Habeenka Good 0

Good Evening
Evening Good 0

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan 0

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan 0

Please
Fadlan 0

Sorry
sorry 0

Bye
caraysiiyo 0

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay 0

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Northern Somali 0

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Benaadir 0

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf 0

Where They Speak
Standard Somali 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million 49

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
8.00 million 53

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
af Soomaali 0

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga 0

French Name
somali 0

German Name
Somali 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Somalis 0

History
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Origin
19th century 0

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family 0

Subgroup
Cushitic 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Somali 0

Language Position
83 55

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
so 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
som 0

ISO 639 2/B
som 0

ISO 639 3
som 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
soma1255 0

Linguasphere
No data available 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Somali language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Somali language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Somali language states that it was put to use in 19th century. The history of Somali language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Somali Language History. Somali has no early forms. Somali is the standard form of Somali language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Somali Language.

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Somali population

Somali population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Somali language. Somali language is spoken by 13.00 million people in the world. Most of the Somali population lies in the Somali Speaking Countries. Somali language is spoken as first language by 8.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Somali as second language. Get to know Somali speaking population in detail.

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Somali writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Somali writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Somali language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Latin, Osmanya script is used by Somali language. Learn more about . 

Information about Somali language

Check out all the information about Somali language here. You may find it interesting to learn Somali Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Somali Speaking Countries, Somali speaking continents and Somali Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Somali countries knowing common Somali Greetings will help you in communicating with Somali people.

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