Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2140
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Fadlan
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
caraysiiyo
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Chakma
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Hajong
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
21.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
somali
bengali
German Name
Somali
Bengali
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
19th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Somali
Bengali
Language Position
834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ben
ISO 639 2/B
som
ben
ISO 639 3
som
ben
ISO 639 6
som
ben
Glottocode
soma1255
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-