Countries
India, Pakistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Somalia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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
Hindi Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hello
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Fadlan
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
sorry
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
pendjabi
somali
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Somalis
Origin
1000 AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
som
ISO 639 2/B
pan
som
ISO 639 3
pan
som
ISO 639 6
panj
som
Glottocode
panj1256
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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