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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Somalia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: 4 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Moni
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
Fadlan
Chonde
3.9 Sorry
sorry
pepani
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kasungu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kimaravi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
12.00 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
Nyanja
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
somali
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Chewa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
ny
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
nya
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
nya
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
nya
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
nyan1308
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Somali and Chewa Alphabets

Somali and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Chewa. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Somali and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Chewa languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Chewa 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 Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Chewa Speaking population

Somali and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Somali vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Chewa Language Codes

Somali and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.