1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Azerbaijani 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
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
teşekkür ederim
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
İyi Geceler
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
İyi Akşamlar
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Seni seviyorum
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Afedersiniz
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Azerbaijani Turkish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA26,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA480,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA140,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million75.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Anatolian, Türkisch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
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
44-AAB-a
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