Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Somalia
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Thailand
Yemen
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Hello
Thank You
terima kasih
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Subax wanaagsan
Please
sila
Fadlan
Sorry
maaf
sorry
Bye
Selamat tinggal
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
30,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
malais
somali
German Name
Malaiisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Somalis
Origin
c. 683 AD
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Somali
Language Position
5483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
som
ISO 639 2/B
may
som
ISO 639 3
zsm
som
ISO 639 6
may
som
Glottocode
stan1306
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-