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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Somalia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Afar and Oromo Language
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    Rank: 4 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    52 weeks
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Hello
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    Waad ku mahadsan tahay
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    Sidee tahay ?
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    Habeenka Good
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    Evening Good
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    galab wanaagsan
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    Subax wanaagsan
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    Fadlan
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    sorry
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    caraysiiyo
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    Waan ku jeclahay
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    iga raali ahow
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Northern Somali
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Gabon, Standard Somali
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Benaadir
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Af-Ashraaf
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Standard Somali
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    3
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    13.00 million
    Rank: 49 (Overall)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    8.00 million
    Rank: 53 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Not Available
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    af Soomaali
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    somali
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Somali
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Somalis
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    19th century
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Afro-Asiatic Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Cushitic
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Not Available
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Somali
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    Rank: 55 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Somali Sign Language
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    so
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    som
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    som
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    som
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    soma1255
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    No data available
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Subject-Object-Verb
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Somali and Swahili Alphabets

    Somali and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Swahili. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Somali and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Swahili languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

    All Somali and Swahili Dialects

    Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

    Somali and Swahili Speaking population

    Somali and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Swahili on Somali vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Somali and Swahili Language Codes

    Somali and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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