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Somali and Tagalog


Tagalog and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
Fadlan   
pakiusap   

Sorry
sorry   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Paálam   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Batangas, Gabon   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
somali   
tagalog   

German Name
Somali   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
19th century   
1593   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Filipino   

Language Position
83   
99+
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
som   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Somali and Tagalog 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 Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Tagalog Speaking population

Somali and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Somali vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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