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Somali

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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2631
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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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
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

21.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

35
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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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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 0.07 % 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.