Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Hello
hallo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Dankie
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Habeenka Good
goeie nag
Good Evening
Evening Good
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
goeie more
Please
Fadlan
asseblief
Sorry
sorry
jammer
Bye
caraysiiyo
-9999
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Namibia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cape Dutch
French Name
somali
afrikaans
German Name
Somali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Afrikaners
History
Origin
19th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
83NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
so
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
afr
ISO 639 2/B
som
afr
ISO 639 3
som
afr
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
soma1255
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic