Somali and Javanese
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Indonesia
National Language
Somalia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Evening Good
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Sugeng énjing
Please
Fadlan
matur nuwun
Sorry
sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
caraysiiyo
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Arekan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Indonesia
Native Name
af Soomaali
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
somali
javanais
German Name
Somali
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
19th century
450 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Javanese
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Somali and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Javanese Speaking population
Somali and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Somali vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Javanese Language Codes
Somali and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.