Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2134
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
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Evening Good
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Fadlan
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
sorry
Nízhdził
Bye
caraysiiyo
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Arizona
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Utah
How Many People Speak
21.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Navaho
French Name
somali
navaho
German Name
Somali
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Navajo people
Origin
19th century
1500 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Navajo
Language Position
8329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
nav
ISO 639 2/B
som
nav
ISO 639 3
som
nav
ISO 639 6
som
nav
Glottocode
soma1255
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic