Javanese and Somali
Countries
Indonesia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Indonesia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Not Available
Fadlan
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
sorry
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Arekan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Standard Somali
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
javanais
somali
German Name
Javanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Somalis
Origin
450 AD
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Somali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Somali Speaking population
Javanese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Somali on Javanese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Somali Language Codes
Javanese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.