Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Telugu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2649
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Fadlan
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
caraysiiyo
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Badaga
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Urali
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
kerala
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
somali
kannada
German Name
Somali
Kannada
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Kannadiga
Origin
19th century
c. 450
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Kannada
Language Position
8331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
kan
ISO 639 2/B
som
kan
ISO 639 3
som
kan
ISO 639 6
som
kan
Glottocode
soma1255
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-