Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Germany
Somalia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Yemen
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
guten Abend
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Texas German
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Texas
Standard Somali
Native Name
Deutsch
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
allemand
somali
German Name
Deutsch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Germans
Somalis
Origin
6th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed German
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Somali dialects. Various dialects of German and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Somali Speaking population
German and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Somali on German vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Somali Language Codes
German and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.