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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

35
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Yemen
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Arabic Language
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hallo

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Mange tak

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
God nat

Good Evening

Evening Good
God aften

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
God morgen

Please

Fadlan
Please

Sorry

sorry
Undskyld!

Bye

caraysiiyo
Farvel

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Scanian

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Sweden

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Denmark

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

21.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
dansk

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

somali
danois

German Name

Somali
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

19th century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Somali
Rigsdansk

Language Position

8318
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
dan

ISO 639 2/B

som
dan

ISO 639 3

som
dan

ISO 639 6

som
dan

Glottocode

soma1255
dani1284

Linguasphere

No data available
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Somali and Danish Alphabets

Somali and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Danish. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Somali and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Danish Speaking population

Somali and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Somali vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Danish Language Codes

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