Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Hello
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
tolong
Fadlan
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
sorry
Bye
Pamit
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Kangean
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
110,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
madourais
somali
German Name
Maduresisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[madura]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Somalis
Origin
8th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Somali
Language Position
6983
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
som
ISO 639 2/B
mad
som
ISO 639 3
mad
som
ISO 639 6
-
som
Glottocode
madu1247
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-