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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Yemen
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
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

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hello

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Thank you

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
How are you?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Good Night

Good Evening

Evening Good
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Good Morning

Please

Fadlan
Please

Sorry

sorry
Sorry

Bye

caraysiiyo
Bye

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
I love you

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
American English

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
United States of America

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

21.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
English

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
English

French Name

somali
anglais

German Name

Somali
Englisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Somalis
English people

History

Origin

19th century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Somali
Standard English

Language Position

833
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
eng

ISO 639 2/B

som
eng

ISO 639 3

som
eng

ISO 639 6

som
engs

Glottocode

soma1255
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Somali and English Alphabets

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

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

Somali and English Speaking population

Somali and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and English languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Somali vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and English Language Codes

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