Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Selam
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Evening Good
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Fadlan
i'bakwon
Sorry
sorry
aznallehu
Bye
caraysiiyo
tschao
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gondar
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gondar
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Showa
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
21.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
somali
amharique
German Name
Somali
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Amharas
Origin
19th century
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Somali
Amharic
Language Position
8355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
amh
ISO 639 2/B
som
amh
ISO 639 3
som
amh
ISO 639 6
som
amh
Glottocode
soma1255
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional