Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Romanian
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Evening Good
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
mirëdita
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
mirëmengjes
Please
Fadlan
Ju lutem
Sorry
sorry
Me fal
Bye
caraysiiyo
mirupafshim
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Më falni
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Italy
How Many People Speak
21.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Shqip
French Name
somali
albanais
German Name
Somali
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Albanians
Origin
19th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Albanian
Language Position
8314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
som
alb
ISO 639 3
som
sqi
ISO 639 6
som
sqi
Glottocode
soma1255
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic