1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bengali and Assamese
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit 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
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Baleswari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA520,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million33.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
No data available
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