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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Prakrit 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
Devanagari
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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
शुभः सायंकालः
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
शुभ दुपार
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not Available
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 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
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
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
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
Vedic Sanskrit
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
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