Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2647
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
pranam
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Evening Good
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Suprabhaat
Please
Fadlan
kripaya
Sorry
sorry
maf karai
Bye
caraysiiyo
Alavidā
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
kripaya
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Nepal
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
North India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Khortha
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
21.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
somali
maithili
German Name
Somali
Maithili
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Maithil
Origin
19th century
14th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Maithili
Language Position
8340
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mai
ISO 639 2/B
som
mai
ISO 639 3
som
mai
ISO 639 6
som
mai
Glottocode
soma1255
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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