1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
3.2 National Language
Somalia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
3.3 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
3.4 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Middle East
3.5 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
3.6 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
3.7 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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
3.8 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Farsi Language
3.9 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.4 Phonology
4.4.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.3 How Many Consonants
4.7 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
4.8 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
4.9 Hard to Learn
4.9.1 Language Levels
5.1.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Sipas
6.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Tu çawa yî?
6.4 Good Night
6.5 Good Evening
6.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Nee-wa-rowt bash
6.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bayanit bash
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
6.10 Bye
6.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ez te hez dikem
6.12 Excuse Me
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northern Kurdish
7.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.2 Dialect 2
7.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
700
80000000
8.4 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Southern Kurdish
8.4.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Eastern Iraq
8.4.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1400
96000000
9.7 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
10.2 Speaking Population
10.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
10.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
10.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
10.3.4 French Name
10.3.5 German Name
10.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
10.5 Ethnicity
11 History
11.1 Origin
19th century
16th century CE
11.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
11.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
11.3.2 Standard Forms
11.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
11.4 Scope
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available