Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2662
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2160
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks27 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Fadlan
Not Available
Sorry
sorry
Not Available
Bye
caraysiiyo
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Not available
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Sadz
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Turkey
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million0.13 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
somali
abkhaze
German Name
Somali
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
19th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Abkhaz
Language Position
83NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
so
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
abk
ISO 639 2/B
som
abk
ISO 639 3
som
abk
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
soma1255
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative