Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Yemen
Palau
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2699
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2114
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Evening Good
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Fadlan
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
caraysiiyo
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hakata
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kansai
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
kansai
How Many People Speak
21.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
331
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
日本語
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Nihongo
French Name
somali
japonais
German Name
Somali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
19th century
1185
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Somali
Japanese
Language Position
838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
som
jpn
ISO 639 3
som
jpn
ISO 639 6
som
jpn
Glottocode
soma1255
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic