1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kalanga and Nambya 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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
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
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available