Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
alo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
multumesc
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Evening Good
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
bună Dimineața
Please
Fadlan
Vă Rog
Sorry
sorry
scuze
Bye
caraysiiyo
La revedere
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Română
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
somali
roumain; moldave
German Name
Somali
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Romanians
Origin
19th century
1521
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Somali
Romanian
Language Position
8336
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ron
ISO 639 2/B
som
rum
ISO 639 3
som
ron
ISO 639 6
som
ron
Glottocode
soma1255
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic