Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
United Kingdom
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2618
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2113
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Evening Good
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Fadlan
le do thoil
Sorry
sorry
Tá brón orm
Bye
caraysiiyo
Slán
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Connacht
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Munster
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ulster
How Many People Speak
21.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
somali
irlandais moyen
German Name
Somali
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Irish people
Origin
19th century
c. 750
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Somali
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
8325
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
gle
ISO 639 2/B
som
gle
ISO 639 3
som
gle
ISO 639 6
som
gle
Glottocode
soma1255
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional