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
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
أحبك
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sudan
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Levantine
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
af Soomaali
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Somali
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Origin
19th century
512 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
soma1255
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
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.