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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

323
0 46
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National Language

France
Somalia

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Yemen

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
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

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Hello

Thank You

Merci
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

bonsoir
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Bonjour
Subax wanaagsan

Please

S'il vous plaît
Fadlan

Sorry

désolé
sorry

Bye

au revoir
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Je t'aime
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Africa
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

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

French Name

français
somali

German Name

Französisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

French people
Somalis

History

Origin

9th Century
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Somali

Language Position

1383
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
som

ISO 639 2/B

fre
som

ISO 639 3

fra
som

ISO 639 6

fras
som

Glottocode

stan1290
soma1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Somali Alphabets

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

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

French and Somali Speaking population

French and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of French and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Somali on French vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Somali Language Codes

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