Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
South 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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2126
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
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Solpayki
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Allillanchu
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Allin tuta
Good Evening
Evening Good
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Wuynus diyas
Please
Fadlan
jamuspa
Sorry
sorry
Pampachaykuway
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Ancash
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Peru
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Peru
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Yaru
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Peru
How Many People Speak
21.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million8.90 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
somali
quechua
German Name
Somali
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Quechua
Origin
19th century
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Andean Equatorial
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Quechua
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
que
ISO 639 2/B
som
que
ISO 639 3
som
que
ISO 639 6
som
que
Glottocode
soma1255
quec1387
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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Agglutinative, Synthetic