1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Serbian and Croatian
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
Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Hvala
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Dobar dan
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dobro jutro
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Volim te
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Shtokavian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA13,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Croatia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA660,000.00
700
80000000
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 million3.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million3.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
part of 53-AAA-g
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