Countries
India, Pakistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
175
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Hello
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Subax wanaagsan
Please
مهربانی کر
Fadlan
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
sorry
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
caraysiiyo
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
India
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
kashmiri
somali
German Name
Kaschmiri
Somali
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Somalis
Origin
12th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
som
ISO 639 2/B
kas
som
ISO 639 3
kas
som
ISO 639 6
kas
som
Glottocode
kash1277
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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