Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Zambia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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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.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2118
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Moni
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Zikomo
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Evening Good
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Fadlan
Chonde
Sorry
sorry
pepani
Bye
caraysiiyo
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Pepani
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
21.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
somali
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Somali
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Chewa people
Origin
19th century
15th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Chewa
Language Position
8327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
nya
ISO 639 2/B
som
nya
ISO 639 3
som
nya
ISO 639 6
som
nya
Glottocode
soma1255
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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