Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2133
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Habeenka Good
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Evening Good
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
Fadlan
សូម
Sorry
sorry
សូរី
Bye
caraysiiyo
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
21.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
somali
khmer central
German Name
Somali
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
19th century
14
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Khmer
Language Position
831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
khm
ISO 639 2/B
som
khm
ISO 639 3
som
khm
ISO 639 6
som
khm
Glottocode
soma1255
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating