Countries
Philippines
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Somalia
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Hello
Thank You
Salamat
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Palihug
Fadlan
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
sorry
Bye
Babay
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Boholano
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bohol
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Benaadir
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
cebuano
somali
German Name
Cebuano
Somali
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Somalis
Origin
16th century
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Somali
Language Position
6283
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
som
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
som
ISO 639 3
ceb
som
ISO 639 6
ceb
som
Glottocode
cebu1242
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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-