Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
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
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Fadlan
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
21.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
358
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Balgarski
French Name
somali
bulgare
German Name
Somali
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Bulgarian people
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
8388
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
bul
ISO 639 2/B
som
bul
ISO 639 3
som
bul
ISO 639 6
som
buls
Glottocode
soma1255
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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