Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
China, Taiwan
Somalia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Yemen
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
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 (Xièxiè)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Subax wanaagsan
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gabon, Standard Somali
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Standard Somali
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
chinois
somali
German Name
Chinesisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[afsoomaali]
Origin
1250 BC
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Somali
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
soma1255
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Somali Speaking population
Chinese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Somali on Chinese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Somali Language Codes
Chinese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.