Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
India
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
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
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
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Hello
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Fadlan
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
sorry
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Benaadir
Where They Speak
India
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
India
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
520,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
oriya
somali
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Odias
Somalis
Origin
3 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Somali
Language Position
3283
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
som
ISO 639 2/B
ori
som
ISO 639 3
ori
som
ISO 639 6
ori
som
Glottocode
macr1269
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
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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