Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Poland
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2622
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Fadlan
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
caraysiiyo
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Israel
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Israel
How Many People Speak
21.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
somali
hébreu
German Name
Somali
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
19th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
heb
ISO 639 2/B
som
heb
ISO 639 3
som
heb
ISO 639 6
som
heb
Glottocode
soma1255
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic