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
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
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
أحبك
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
اعذرني
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Sudan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Levantine
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Standard Somali
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Arabisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[afsoomaali]
Origin
512 CE
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
soma1255
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
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 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.