Countries
India, No official status
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
03
0
46
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National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Yemen
Regulated By
-
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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
Maithili and Magahi
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3421
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Hello
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Fadlan
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
sorry
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
16,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
380,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
India
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
bhojpuri
somali
German Name
Bhojpuri
Somali
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Somalis
Origin
19th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Somali
Language Position
3783
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
som
ISO 639 2/B
bho
som
ISO 639 3
bho
som
ISO 639 6
bho
som
Glottocode
bhoj1246
soma1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-