Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2635
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Fadlan
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
21.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
somali
mongol
German Name
Somali
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Somalis
Mongols
Origin
19th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Somali
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
8326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mon
ISO 639 2/B
som
mon
ISO 639 3
som
mon
ISO 639 6
som
mon
Glottocode
soma1255
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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