Countries
Estonia, European Union
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Yemen
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1821
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
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Tere
Hello
Thank You
aitäh
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Head ööd
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Palun
Fadlan
Sorry
Vabandust
sorry
Bye
Head aega
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Vabandage
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
eesti keel
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
estonien
somali
German Name
Estnisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Somalis
Origin
13th century
19th century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Cushitic
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Somali
Language Position
2283
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
som
ISO 639 2/B
est
som
ISO 639 3
est
som
ISO 639 6
est
som
Glottocode
esto1258
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-