1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
South Africa
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 million8.20 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
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
16th 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
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-fa
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