1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
West Java
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
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, Sundanese
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
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Nuhun
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kumaha kabarna?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Wilujeng kulem
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Wilujeng wengi
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Wilujeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Wilujeng énjing
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Wilujeng angkat
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Western dialect
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Banten
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern dialect
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bogor
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Priangan dialect
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million39.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million38.00 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
Priangan, Sunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
5th century AD
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian 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
No early forms
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available