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Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
3
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Middle East
Yemen
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  • 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.
Afar and Oromo Language
Arabic Language
 
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
26
5
21
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
5
52 weeks
 
Hello
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Sidee tahay ?
Habeenka Good
Evening Good
galab wanaagsan
Subax wanaagsan
Fadlan
sorry
caraysiiyo
Waan ku jeclahay
iga raali ahow
 
Northern Somali
Gabon, Standard Somali
16,000,000.00
Benaadir
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
16,000,000.00
Af-Ashraaf
Standard Somali
21.00
3
 
13.00 million
0.07 %
8.00 million
21.00 million
af Soomaali
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
somali
Somali
[afsoomaali]
Somalis
 
19th century
Afro-Asiatic Family
Cushitic
-
No early forms
Somali
83
Somali Sign Language
Individual
 
so
som
som
som
som
soma1255
No data available
Living
Subject-Object-Verb
-
 
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
4
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Arabic Language
     
    Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
    24
    5
    21
    Latin
    -
    3
    36 weeks
     
    Habari
    Asante
    Habari gani?
    Usiku mwema
    Habari za jioni
    nzuri Alasiri
    Habari za asubuhi
    tafadhali
    pole
    bye
    nakupenda
    Samahani
     
    Kiunguja
    Zanzibar island
    75,000,000.00
    Kimrima
    Dar es Salaam
    75,000,000.00
    Kimgao
    Kilwa
    75,000,000.00
    12
     
    150.00 million
    0.42 %
    15.00 million
    75.00 million
    Kiswahili
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    swahili
    Swahili
    [swaˈhili]
    Swahili people or Waswahili
     
    6th century
    Niger-Congo Family
    Benue-Congo
    Bantu
    No early forms
    Swahili
    21
    Swahili Sign Language
    Individual, Macrolanguage
     
    sw
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swah1254
    99-AUS-m
    Living
    -
    -

    Somali and Swahili Alphabets

    Somali and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Swahili. In Somali Alphabets there are letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 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 vs Swahili, 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 varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: , . Swahili dialects include: , . 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 whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is . 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 vs Swahili 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.