Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2126
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Fadlan
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
sorry
жал (žal)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Debar
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
21.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
328
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
somali
macédonien
German Name
Somali
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Macedonians
Origin
19th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Macedonian
Language Position
8345
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
som
mac
ISO 639 3
som
mkd
ISO 639 6
som
mkd
Glottocode
soma1255
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic