Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Gujarati
Derived From
Arabic Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2664
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2142
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Meharbani
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
Habeenka Good
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
Evening Good
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Subho Bakhair
Please
Fadlan
Mehrbani
Sorry
sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
caraysiiyo
Allah Wahi
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Lari
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
21.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Sindhi
French Name
somali
sindhi
German Name
Somali
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Sindhi people
Origin
19th century
711 A.D
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Somali
Sindhi
Language Position
8350
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
snd
ISO 639 2/B
som
snd
ISO 639 3
som
snd
ISO 639 6
som
snd
Glottocode
soma1255
sind1272
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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-