Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
2
13
National Language
Somalia
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Finnish
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
27
9
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
9
6
How Many Consonants
21
11
18
8
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
2
1
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks
12
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hello
Tere
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
aitäh
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Head ööd
Good Evening
Evening Good
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Tere hommikust
Please
Fadlan
Palun
Sorry
sorry
Vabandust
Bye
caraysiiyo
Head aega
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Vabandage
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Tartu
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
8
8
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
99+
1.10 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
8.00 million
99+
0.95 million
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Eesti keel
French Name
somali
estonien
German Name
Somali
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Estonians
History
Origin
19th century
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Estonian
Language Position
83
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
so
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
est
ISO 639 2/B
som
est
ISO 639 3
som
est
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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