Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Somalia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
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 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Evening Good
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bye
caraysiiyo
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
French Name
somali
chinois
German Name
Somali
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
19th century
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Somali and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Chinese Speaking population
Somali and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Somali vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Chinese Language Codes
Somali and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.