Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
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
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How Many Consonants
2120
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
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Salama!
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Misaotra
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Evening Good
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Maraina tsara
Please
Fadlan
azafady
Sorry
sorry
Miala tsiny
Bye
caraysiiyo
Veloma!
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Azafady
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Merina
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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How Many People Speak
21.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
somali
malgache
German Name
Somali
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Malagasy people
Origin
19th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Austronesian
Branch
-
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
standard Malagasy
Language Position
8384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
som
mlg
ISO 639 3
som
mlg
ISO 639 6
som
mlg
Glottocode
soma1255
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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