Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Halo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Nuhun
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Evening Good
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Fadlan
Mangga
Sorry
sorry
Hapunten
Bye
caraysiiyo
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Punten
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Banten
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bogor
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Bandung
How Many People Speak
21.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
somali
soundanais
German Name
Somali
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
19th century
5th century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Sundanese
Language Position
8342
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
sun
ISO 639 2/B
som
sun
ISO 639 3
som
sun
ISO 639 6
som
sun
Glottocode
soma1255
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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