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 in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3221
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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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
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Niger
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
50.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
14
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
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
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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