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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
About Chinese L..
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Fadlan
Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
Sorry
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
About Macedonian Language
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
About Swedish L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
About Romanian Language
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
About English L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
somali
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 55 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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 Not Available 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.

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