Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Armenian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Evening Good
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Fadlan
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
caraysiiyo
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Greece
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Griko
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Italy
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
21.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
somali
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Somali
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
19th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Greek
Language Position
8374
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
ell
ISO 639 2/B
som
gre
ISO 639 3
som
ell
ISO 639 6
som
ells
Glottocode
soma1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic