Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
73
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Somalia
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Yemen
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
Hello
Thank You
grazie
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Come stai?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
buonanotte
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
buonasera
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
buongiorno
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Per Favore
Fadlan
Sorry
scusate
sorry
Bye
arrivederci
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ti amo
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Scusami
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Lazio
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
153
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
64.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Italiano
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
italien
somali
German Name
Italienisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Italians
Somalis
Origin
960 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Somali
Language Position
2783
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
som
ISO 639 2/B
ita
som
ISO 639 3
ita
som
ISO 639 6
itas
som
Glottocode
ital1282
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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