Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2628
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Kumusta
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Salamat
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kumusta
Good Night
Habeenka Good
magandang gabi
Good Evening
Evening Good
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Magandang umaga
Please
Fadlan
Mangyaring
Sorry
sorry
pinagsisisihan
Bye
caraysiiyo
Paalam
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bikol
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Philippines
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Philippines
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Waray
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
filipino
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Pilipino
French Name
somali
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Somali
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Filipino people
Origin
19th century
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Filipino
Language Position
8334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
fil
ISO 639 2/B
som
fil
ISO 639 3
som
fil
ISO 639 6
som
fil
Glottocode
soma1255
fili1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-