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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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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

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

South Africa
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

75
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hello

Thank You

Thank you
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

How are you?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Good Night
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

Good Evening
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Please
Fadlan

Sorry

Sorry
sorry

Bye

Bye
caraysiiyo

I Love You

I love you
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1883
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

English
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

anglais
somali

German Name

Englisch
Somali

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

English people
Somalis

History

Origin

5th Century AD
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

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Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Somali

Language Position

383
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
som

ISO 639 2/B

eng
som

ISO 639 3

eng
som

ISO 639 6

engs
som

Glottocode

stan1293
soma1255

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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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 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 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.