Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2141
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Fadlan
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
caraysiiyo
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Doabi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
21.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
somali
pendjabi
German Name
Somali
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Somalis
Punjabis
Origin
19th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
so
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
pan
ISO 639 2/B
som
pan
ISO 639 3
som
pan
ISO 639 6
som
panj
Glottocode
soma1255
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional