Somali and Khasi
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Meghalaya
National Language
Somalia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Khublei
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
thia sukh
Good Evening
Evening Good
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
khublei
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
map a nga
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Somali
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Khasi people
Origin
19th century
1200 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Khasi
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
Glottocode
soma1255
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Somali and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Khasi Speaking population
Somali and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Somali vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Khasi Language Codes
Somali and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.