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Arabic

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2826
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2821
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Hello

Thank You

شكرا
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Subax wanaagsan

Please

من فضلك
Fadlan

Sorry

آسف
sorry

Bye

وداعا
caraysiiyo

I Love You

أحبك
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

اعذرني
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Sudan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

263
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

arabe
somali

German Name

Arabisch
Somali

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Somalis

History

Origin

512 CE
19th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Cushitic

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Somali

Language Position

2583
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
som

ISO 639 2/B

ara
som

ISO 639 3

ara
som

ISO 639 6

ara
som

Glottocode

arab1395
soma1255

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Somali Alphabets

Arabic and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Somali. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Arabic and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Somali languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Somali Speaking population

Arabic and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Somali on Arabic vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Somali Language Codes

Arabic and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.