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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
Please
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
sorry
3.10 Bye
Bye
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
About English L..
400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
English
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
83
Rank: 55 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available

English and Somali Alphabets

English and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Somali. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn English and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Somali languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Somali dialects. Various dialects of English and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Somali Speaking population

English and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of English and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Somali on English vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Somali Language Codes

English and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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