Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
32
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Urdu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2133
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Fadlan
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
caraysiiyo
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Marwari
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
21.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
somali
hindi
German Name
Somali
Hindi
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Hindustani people
Origin
19th century
7th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Hindi
Language Position
835
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
hin
ISO 639 2/B
som
hin
ISO 639 3
som
hin
ISO 639 6
som
hins
Glottocode
soma1255
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic