Countries
Fiji, India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3321
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Hello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Fadlan
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
sorry
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Marwari
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
hindi
somali
German Name
Hindi
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Somalis
Origin
7th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Somali
Language Position
583
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
som
ISO 639 2/B
hin
som
ISO 639 3
hin
som
ISO 639 6
hins
som
Glottocode
hind1269
soma1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-