Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2648
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2139
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
dobry dzień
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Dabranač
Good Evening
Evening Good
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Fadlan
Kali laska
Sorry
sorry
Vybačajcie
Bye
caraysiiyo
da pabačennia
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
21.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
somali
biélorusse
German Name
Somali
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Belarusians
Origin
19th century
18th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Somali
Belarusian
Language Position
8379
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
bel
ISO 639 2/B
som
bel
ISO 639 3
som
bel
ISO 639 6
som
bel
Glottocode
soma1255
bela1254
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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