Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Bwakeye
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Urakoze
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Evening Good
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Mwaramutse
Please
Fadlan
Ndagusavye
Sorry
sorry
Ndasubiza
Bye
caraysiiyo
N’agasaga
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Ha
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Shubi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
21.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
somali
rundi
German Name
Somali
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
19th century
1500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Kirundi
Language Position
8386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
so
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
run
ISO 639 2/B
som
run
ISO 639 3
som
run
ISO 639 6
som
run
Glottocode
soma1255
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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