Countries
South Africa
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Somalia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Yemen
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Hello
Thank You
Dankie
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
goeie nag
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
goeie more
Subax wanaagsan
Please
asseblief
Fadlan
Sorry
jammer
sorry
Bye
Totsiens
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
-
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Benaadir
Where They Speak
-
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Namibia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
afrikaans
somali
German Name
Afrikaans
Somali
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Somalis
Origin
17th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
som
ISO 639 2/B
afr
som
ISO 639 3
afr
som
ISO 639 6
afrs
som
Glottocode
afri1274
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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