Somali and Finnish
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Finland
National Language
Somalia
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
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
Kiitos
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Evening Good
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Finland
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Suomi
French Name
somali
finnois
German Name
Somali
Finnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Somali
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
finn1318
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, Synthetic
All Somali and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Finnish Speaking population
Somali and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Somali vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Finnish Language Codes
Somali and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.