Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Somalia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Yemen
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
goedenavond
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Subax wanaagsan
Please
alsjeblieft
Fadlan
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
pardon
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gronings
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
somali
German Name
Niederländisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Somalis
Origin
AD 450-500
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Dutch 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 Dutch and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Somali Speaking population
Dutch and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Dutch and Somali on Dutch vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Somali Language Codes
Dutch and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.