Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2116
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
Kia ora
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Evening Good
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Kia ora
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Fadlan
gafare
Sorry
sorry
gafare
Bye
caraysiiyo
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Saremde
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Taolende
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
21.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Mosse
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
somali
moré
German Name
Somali
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Mossi
Origin
19th century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Mossi
Language Position
8337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mos
ISO 639 2/B
som
mos
ISO 639 3
som
mos
ISO 639 6
som
mos
Glottocode
soma1255
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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