1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Armenian Highland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Greek
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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
Armenian manuscript
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Բարի օր (Bari or)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Armenian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western Armenian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Not Applicable
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not Applicable
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 million6.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million6.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
late 5th century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
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, Synthetic