Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Finnish
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2118
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
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Tere
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
aitäh
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Head ööd
Good Evening
Evening Good
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Tere hommikust
Please
Fadlan
Palun
Sorry
sorry
Vabandust
Bye
caraysiiyo
Head aega
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Tartu
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
21.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Eesti keel
French Name
somali
estonien
German Name
Somali
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Estonians
Origin
19th century
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Estonian
Language Position
8322
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
est
ISO 639 2/B
som
est
ISO 639 3
som
est
ISO 639 6
som
est
Glottocode
soma1255
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative