Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Thailand
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Hai
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
terima kasih
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Evening Good
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Selamat pagi
Please
Fadlan
sila
Sorry
sorry
maaf
Bye
caraysiiyo
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Pekal
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Musi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
324
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
somali
malais
German Name
Somali
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Malaysian people
Origin
19th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
8354
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
msa
ISO 639 2/B
som
may
ISO 639 3
som
zsm
ISO 639 6
som
may
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative