Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Fadlan
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
caraysiiyo
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kosli
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
21.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
somali
oriya
German Name
Somali
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Odias
Origin
19th century
3 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Odia
Language Position
8332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ori
ISO 639 2/B
som
ori
ISO 639 3
som
ori
ISO 639 6
som
ori
Glottocode
soma1255
macr1269
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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