Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
South America
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
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Rimaykullayki
Hello
Thank You
Solpayki
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Allillanchu
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Allin tuta
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
Subax wanaagsan
Please
jamuspa
Fadlan
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
sorry
Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Kuyayki
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Ancash
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Peru
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
920,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Huánuco
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Peru
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
190,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Peru
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
150,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
quechua
somali
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Somalis
Origin
16th Century
19th century
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Quechua
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
qu
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
som
ISO 639 2/B
que
som
ISO 639 3
que
som
ISO 639 6
que
som
Glottocode
quec1387
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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