Countries
Burkina Faso
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
-
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kia ora
Hello
Thank You
Laafi bala
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Subax wanaagsan
Please
gafare
Fadlan
Sorry
gafare
sorry
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Y gafare
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saremde
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
moré
somali
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Somalis
Origin
11th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Cushitic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Somali
Language Position
3783
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
som
ISO 639 2/B
mos
som
ISO 639 3
mos
som
ISO 639 6
mos
som
Glottocode
moss1236
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-