Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Yemen
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
- 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
Konkani Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Hello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Fadlan
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
sorry
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Kokan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
marathe
somali
German Name
Marathi
Somali
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Somalis
Origin
10th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Somali
Language Position
1783
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
som
ISO 639 2/B
mar
som
ISO 639 3
mar
som
ISO 639 6
mar
som
Glottocode
mara1378
soma1255
Linguasphere
omr
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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