Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
2
13
National Language
Somalia
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
48
28
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
12
9
How Many Consonants
21
11
36
26
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks
12
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Fadlan
कृपया
Sorry
sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
caraysiiyo
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Doteli
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
790,000.00
30
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Nepal
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
12
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
99+
30.00 million
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.25 %
99+
Native Speakers
8.00 million
99+
25.00 million
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
5.00 million
29
Native Name
af Soomaali
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
somali
népalais
German Name
Somali
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
History
Origin
19th century
19 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Somali
Nepali
Language Position
83
99+
59
99+
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
so
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
nep
ISO 639 2/B
som
nep
ISO 639 3
som
npi
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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