Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Hello
Thank You
Adi Johar
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Subax wanaagsan
Please
দয়া করে
Fadlan
Sorry
দুঃখিত
sorry
Bye
Hariau
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Mahali
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Benaadir
Where They Speak
-
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
-
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
santal
somali
German Name
Santali
Somali
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Somalis
Origin
20th century
19th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Somali
Language Position
4183
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
som
ISO 639 2/B
sat
som
ISO 639 3
sat
som
ISO 639 6
sat
som
Glottocode
sant1410
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
-
-