Somali and Estonian
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Estonia, European Union
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
Not Available
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
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
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
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Estonians
Origin
19th century
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Somali and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Estonian Speaking population
Somali and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian on Somali vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Estonian Language Codes
Somali and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.