Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Somalia
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
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
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Hello
Thank You
Galatoomi
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Maaloo
Fadlan
Sorry
naa dhiisi
sorry
Bye
Nagayattii!
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Borana
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Kenya
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
66,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Kenya
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
13,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
galla
somali
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Somalis
Origin
16
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Somali
Language Position
9183
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
som
ISO 639 2/B
orm
som
ISO 639 3
orm
som
ISO 639 6
orm
som
Glottocode
nucl1736
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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