Indonesian and Somali
Countries
Indonesia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Selamat tinggal
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Permisi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Balinese
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Somalis
Origin
7th Century
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Somali
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
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.
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 Not Available. 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.