Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
517
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Evening Good
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Hach ch'i
Please
Fadlan
مهربانی کر
Sorry
sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Poguli
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Rambani
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
21.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
somali
kashmiri
German Name
Somali
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
19th century
12th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Kashmiri
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
kas
ISO 639 2/B
som
kas
ISO 639 3
som
kas
ISO 639 6
som
kas
Glottocode
soma1255
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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