1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Israel
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic 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
Hebrew
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
תודה (Toda)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
להתראות (Lehitraot)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Ashkenazi Hebrew
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Israel
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Samaritan Hebrew
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Israel, Palestine
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Yemenite Hebrew
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 million9.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million4.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Israeli, Ivrit
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
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
12-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic