Cantonese and Somali
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Yemen
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
你好吗？
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
晚安
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
晚上好
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
下午好
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
早上好
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
我爱你
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
原谅我
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Standard Somali
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
cantonais
somali
German Name
Kantonesisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Somalis
Origin
17th century
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Somali Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 3
No data available
som
Glottocode
cant1236
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Somali Speaking population
Cantonese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Somali on Cantonese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Somali Language Codes
Cantonese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.