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Somali and Esperanto


Esperanto and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Somalia   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Halo   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Bonan matenon   

Please
Fadlan   
Mi petas   

Sorry
sorry   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
somali   
espéranto   

German Name
Somali   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
1887   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Esperanto   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
epo   

ISO 639 3
som   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Somali and Esperanto Speaking population

Somali and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. 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 Esperanto on Somali vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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