1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Caucasian languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Abkhazia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Caucasus
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million0.13 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abxazo, Abkhazian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative