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Esperanto and Somali


Somali and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
Somalia  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Latin and Italian Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hello  

Thank You
Dankon  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Mi petas  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
sorry  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Not present  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Not present  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Esperanto  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
espéranto  
somali  

German Name
Esperanto  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers  
Somalis  

History

Origin
1887  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Somali  

Language Position
33  
31
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
som  

ISO 639 3
epo  
som  

ISO 639 6
epo  
som  

Glottocode
espe1235  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Esperanto and Somali Speaking population

Esperanto and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 % 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 Esperanto and Somali on Esperanto vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Somali Language Codes

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

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