Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Somalia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
dankjewel
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Evening Good
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
goedemorgen
Please
Fadlan
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
pardon
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gronings
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
af Soomaali
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
somali
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Somali
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Dutch people
Origin
19th century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Somali and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Dutch Speaking population
Somali and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Somali vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Dutch Language Codes
Somali and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.