Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
30
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2643
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2134
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Evening Good
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Fadlan
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
caraysiiyo
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
21.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
somali
bhojpuri
German Name
Somali
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Somalis
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
19th century
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Bhojpuri
Language Position
8337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
bho
ISO 639 2/B
som
bho
ISO 639 3
som
bho
ISO 639 6
som
bho
Glottocode
soma1255
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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