Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Evening Good
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Fadlan
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
21.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
somali
kazakh
German Name
Somali
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Kazahks
Origin
19th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Kazakh
Language Position
8393
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
som
kaz
ISO 639 3
som
kaz
ISO 639 6
som
kaz
Glottocode
soma1255
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative