Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Yemen
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2143
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Molo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Unjani
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Evening Good
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Molo
Please
Fadlan
Ndicela
Sorry
sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
caraysiiyo
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
South Africa
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Thembu
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South Africa
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
South Africa
How Many People Speak
21.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
somali
xhosa
German Name
Somali
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Somalis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
19th century
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
isiXhosa
Language Position
8321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
xho
ISO 639 2/B
som
xho
ISO 639 3
som
xho
ISO 639 6
som
xho
Glottocode
soma1255
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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