Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2674
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2160
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
59
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Evening Good
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
Fadlan
thov
Sorry
sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Nyob zoo
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
China
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
21.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Hmong
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Mong
French Name
somali
hmong
German Name
Somali
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Hmong people
Origin
19th century
19
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Hmong
Language Position
8324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
som
hmn
ISO 639 3
som
hmv
ISO 639 6
som
hmn
Glottocode
soma1255
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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