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Somali
Somali

Macedonian
Macedonian



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Countries

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
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Alphabets

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
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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Galičnik

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Macedonia

How Many People Speak

21.002,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

328
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million2.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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
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Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic

Somali and Macedonian Alphabets

Somali and Macedonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Macedonian. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Somali and Macedonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Macedonian languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Macedonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Macedonian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Macedonian 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 Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Macedonian Speaking population

Somali and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Somali vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Macedonian Language Codes

Somali and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.