Countries
Japan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Palau
Yemen
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Fadlan
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
sorry
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
kansai
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
japonais
somali
German Name
Japanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Somalis
Origin
1185
19th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Somali
Language Position
883
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
som
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
som
ISO 639 3
jpn
som
ISO 639 6
jpn
som
Glottocode
nucl1643
soma1255
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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