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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
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
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
I Love You
I love you
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
American English
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
anglais
somali
German Name
Englisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Somalis
Origin
5th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed English
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
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.