Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Sveiki
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Paldies
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Evening Good
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Labdien
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Labrīt
Please
Fadlan
lūdzu
Sorry
sorry
Piedodiet!
Bye
caraysiiyo
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Livonian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Latvia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Latvia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
21.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Lettish
French Name
somali
letton
German Name
Somali
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Latvians or Letts
Origin
19th century
1530
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Latvian
Language Position
839
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
lav
ISO 639 2/B
som
lav
ISO 639 3
som
lav
ISO 639 6
som
lav
Glottocode
soma1255
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic