Somali and Cantonese
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Somalia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Hawaii
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
谢谢
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
你好吗？
Good Night
Habeenka Good
晚安
Good Evening
Evening Good
晚上好
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
下午好
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
早上好
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
我爱你
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
原谅我
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
somali
Not Available
German Name
Somali
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
17th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
som
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
som
Not Available
ISO 639 3
som
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Somali and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Cantonese Speaking population
Somali and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Somali vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Cantonese Language Codes
Somali and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.