Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
English Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Helô
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Diolch
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Nos da
Good Evening
Evening Good
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bore da
Please
Fadlan
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
caraysiiyo
Hwyl
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Argentina
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Powys
How Many People Speak
21.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Cymraeg
French Name
somali
gallois
German Name
Somali
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Welsh people
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Somali
Welsh
Language Position
8331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
cym
ISO 639 2/B
som
wel
ISO 639 3
som
cym
ISO 639 6
som
cym
Glottocode
soma1255
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional