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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Yemen
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
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

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
bonjour

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Merci

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Evening Good
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Bonjour

Please

Fadlan
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

sorry
désolé

Bye

caraysiiyo
au revoir

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
African French

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Africa

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

21.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
français

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Français

French Name

somali
français

German Name

Somali
Französisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Somalis
French people

History

Origin

19th century
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Somali
Standard French

Language Position

8313
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
fra

ISO 639 2/B

som
fre

ISO 639 3

som
fra

ISO 639 6

som
fras

Glottocode

soma1255
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Somali and French Alphabets

Somali and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and French. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Somali and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and French languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and French Speaking population

Somali and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and French languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Somali vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and French Language Codes

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