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Somali

Hausa
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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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How Many People Speak

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
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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

History

Origin

19th century
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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

Code

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

Somali and Hausa Alphabets

Somali and Hausa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Hausa. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Somali and Hausa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Hausa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Hausa Speaking population

Somali and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Somali vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Hausa Language Codes

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