Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Hoy
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Salamat
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Evening Good
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Maayong Buntag
Please
Fadlan
Palihug
Sorry
sorry
Ikasubo ko
Bye
caraysiiyo
Babay
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Boholano
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bohol
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
North Kana
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
21.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Visayan
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
somali
cebuano
German Name
Somali
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Cebuano people
Origin
19th century
16th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
som
ceb
ISO 639 3
som
ceb
ISO 639 6
som
ceb
Glottocode
soma1255
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-