1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Farsi Language
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
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
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
Sipas
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Tu çawa yî?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northern Kurdish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
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
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
16th century CE
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available