Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Greek
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2638
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
512
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Fadlan
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
-
How Many People Speak
21.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
somali
arménien
German Name
Somali
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Armenians
History
Origin
19th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Somali
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
8314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
so
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
hye
ISO 639 2/B
som
arm
ISO 639 3
som
hye
ISO 639 6
som
hye
Glottocode
soma1255
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic