Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Somalia
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Merci
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Evening Good
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bonjour
Please
Fadlan
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
African French
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Africa
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
français
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Français
French Name
somali
français
German Name
Somali
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard French
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Somali and French Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Somali and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and French language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs French Difficulty
The Somali vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Somali and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.