Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
sannu
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
gode ku
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
yaya dai
Good Night
Habeenka Good
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Evening Good
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
barka da rana
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
mai kyau safe
Please
Fadlan
Don Allah
Sorry
sorry
yi hakuri
Bye
caraysiiyo
sai anjima
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Ghana
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Niger
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Niger
How Many People Speak
21.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
somali
haoussa
German Name
Somali
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
19th century
14
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Chadic
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Hausa
Language Position
8334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
hau
ISO 639 2/B
som
hau
ISO 639 3
som
hau
ISO 639 6
som
hau
Glottocode
soma1255
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional