Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Namaskara
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Evening Good
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
yedde kaande
Please
Fadlan
Daya maltadu
Sorry
sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
caraysiiyo
Barpe
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Jain
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Girijan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Tulu
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
somali
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German Name
Somali
Tulu
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Tuluva
Origin
19th century
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Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Tulu
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
som
tul
ISO 639 3
som
tcy
ISO 639 6
som
tcy
Glottocode
soma1255
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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