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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Evening Good
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Fadlan
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
caraysiiyo
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Not present
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
-
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
-
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Not present
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
-
How Many People Speak
21.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
30
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
somali
sanskrit
German Name
Somali
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
19th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Somali
Sanskrit
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
san
ISO 639 2/B
som
san
ISO 639 3
som
san
ISO 639 6
som
san
Glottocode
soma1255
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic