Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Akan Orthography Committee
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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
ete-sen
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
meda ase
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
maadwo
Good Evening
Evening Good
maadwo
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
maaha
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
maakye
Please
Fadlan
wae
Sorry
sorry
Kafra
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Asante
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Ghana
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Ghana
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Fante
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ghana
How Many People Speak
21.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Akan
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Twi, Fante
French Name
somali
akan
German Name
Somali
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Akan people
Origin
19th century
15
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Akan
Language Position
83104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
aka
ISO 639 2/B
som
aka
ISO 639 3
som
aka
ISO 639 6
som
aka
Glottocode
soma1255
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-