1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, No official status
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
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Devanagari
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
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Tharu Bhojpuri
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 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
19th 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
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available