Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2623
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2119
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
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Ola
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Grazas
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Boas noites
Good Evening
Evening Good
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bos días
Please
Fadlan
Por favor
Sorry
sorry
Síntoo!
Bye
caraysiiyo
Adeus
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ámote
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
21.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Galego
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Galego, Gallego
French Name
somali
galicien
German Name
Somali
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Galician people
Origin
19th century
c. 1175
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Somali
Galician
Language Position
8346
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
glg
ISO 639 2/B
som
glg
ISO 639 3
som
glg
ISO 639 6
som
glg
Glottocode
soma1255
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-