Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2620
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2110
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Hello
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Night pai
Good Evening
Evening Good
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Morning pai
Please
Fadlan
Tēnā
Sorry
sorry
Aroha mai
Bye
caraysiiyo
poroporoaki
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
21.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
New Zealand Maori
French Name
somali
maori
German Name
Somali
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Māori people
Origin
19th century
1814
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Maori
Language Position
8326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mri
ISO 639 2/B
som
mao
ISO 639 3
som
mri
ISO 639 6
som
mri
Glottocode
soma1255
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-