Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Somalia
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2634
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2126
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Salam
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
chone tao?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Evening Good
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
jawáin sawáh
Please
Fadlan
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
21.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Baluchi
French Name
somali
baloutchi
German Name
Somali
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19th century
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Balochi
Language Position
8339
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
bal
ISO 639 2/B
som
bal
ISO 639 3
som
bal
ISO 639 6
som
bal
Glottocode
soma1255
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-