Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2115
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Khurumjari
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Evening Good
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Nongale haugatl
Please
Fadlan
Chanbiduna
Sorry
sorry
Saobiganu
Bye
caraysiiyo
Chatcharage
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Loi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Pangal
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
21.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
somali
Meithei
German Name
Somali
Meithei
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Meithei people
Origin
19th century
1700
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Meithei
Language Position
8338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mni
ISO 639 2/B
som
mni
ISO 639 3
som
mni
ISO 639 6
som
mni
Glottocode
soma1255
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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