Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
37
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
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
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ciao
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
grazie
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Come stai?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
buonanotte
Good Evening
Evening Good
buonasera
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
buongiorno
Please
Fadlan
Per Favore
Sorry
sorry
scusate
Bye
caraysiiyo
arrivederci
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ti amo
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Scusami
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Lazio
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
21.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million64.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Italiano
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Italiano
French Name
somali
italien
German Name
Somali
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Italians
Origin
19th century
960 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Italian
Language Position
8327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ita
ISO 639 2/B
som
ita
ISO 639 3
som
ita
ISO 639 6
som
itas
Glottocode
soma1255
ital1282
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic