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Somali
Somali

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

323
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2628
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2128
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
مرحبا

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
شكرا

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Habeenka Good
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Evening Good
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
صباح الخير

Please

Fadlan
من فضلك

Sorry

sorry
آسف

Bye

caraysiiyo
وداعا

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
أحبك

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sudan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Levantine

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

21.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

326
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

somali
arabe

German Name

Somali
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Somalis
Arabs

History

Origin

19th century
512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Semitic

Branch

-
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Somali
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

8325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

so
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
ara

ISO 639 2/B

som
ara

ISO 639 3

som
ara

ISO 639 6

som
ara

Glottocode

soma1255
arab1395

Linguasphere

No data available
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Somali and Arabic Alphabets

Somali and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Arabic. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Somali and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Arabic languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Arabic Speaking population

Somali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Arabic on Somali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Arabic Language Codes

Somali and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.