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Macedonian and Somali


Somali and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hello  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
sorry  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Debar  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
macédonien  
somali  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Somalis  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Somali  

Language Position
45  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
som  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
som  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
som  

Glottocode
mace1250  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Somali Speaking population

Macedonian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Macedonian and Somali on Macedonian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Somali Language Codes

Macedonian and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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