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Somali
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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Gambia, Nigeria
Somalia

Second Language

Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  • 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

Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3221
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

sannu
Hello

Thank You

gode ku
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

yaya dai
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

mai kyau dare
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

barka da yamma
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

barka da rana
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

mai kyau safe
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Don Allah
Fadlan

Sorry

yi hakuri
sorry

Bye

sai anjima
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Ina son ku
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

gafara dai
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gaananci
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Ghana
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

50,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kurhwayanci
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Niger
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

150,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daragaram
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Niger
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

50.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

50.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.52 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

35.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

haoussa
somali

German Name

Haussa-Sprache
Somali

Pronunciation

[hàʊsà]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Hausa–Fulani people
Somalis

History

Origin

14
19th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Chadic
Cushitic

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Hausa
Somali

Language Position

3483
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hausa
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ha
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hau
som

ISO 639 2/B

hau
som

ISO 639 3

hau
som

ISO 639 6

hau
som

Glottocode

haus1257
soma1255

Linguasphere

19-HAA-b
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Hausa and Somali Alphabets

Hausa and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hausa and Somali. In Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Hausa and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hausa and Somali languages. The Hausa phonology consist Hausa vowels and Hausa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hausa greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hausa and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hausa and Somali Speaking population

Hausa and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Somali on Hausa vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Somali Language Codes

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