Countries
Countries
Israel
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Somalia
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Poland
Yemen
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2221
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Hello
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Fadlan
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
sorry
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
iga raali ahow
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Israel
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Israel
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million21.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
hébreu
somali
German Name
Hebräisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Somalis
History
Origin
1000 BC
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
he
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
som
ISO 639 2/B
heb
som
ISO 639 3
heb
som
ISO 639 6
heb
som
Glottocode
hebr1246
soma1255
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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