Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Yemen
Cuba
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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 the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
French Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Bonjou
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Mèsi
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Evening Good
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bon apre-midi
Please
Fadlan
Souple
Sorry
sorry
Dezole
Bye
caraysiiyo
Babay
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Cayes
How Many People Speak
21.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
somali
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Somali
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Haitians
Origin
19th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Haitian Creole
Language Position
8399
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
hat
ISO 639 2/B
som
hat
ISO 639 3
som
hat
ISO 639 6
som
hat
Glottocode
soma1255
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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