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Somali
Somali

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Countries

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
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2699
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Kansai

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
kansai

How Many People Speak

21.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

331
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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)

History

Origin

19th century
1185

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
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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

Code

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

Somali and Japanese Alphabets

Somali and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Japanese. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Somali and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Japanese Speaking population

Somali and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Somali vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Japanese Language Codes

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