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Indonesian and Somali


Somali and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
Somalia  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hello  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Fadlan  

Sorry
maaf  
sorry  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
indonésien  
somali  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Somalis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Somali  

Language Position
56  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
som  

ISO 639 3
ind  
som  

ISO 639 6
ind  
som  

Glottocode
indo1316  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Somali Speaking population

Indonesian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Somali on Indonesian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Somali Language Codes

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

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