Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Evening Good
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Fadlan
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
caraysiiyo
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Jeju
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
South Korea
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South Korea
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
21.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
somali
coréen
German Name
Somali
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Koreans
Origin
19th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
8312
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
kor
ISO 639 2/B
som
kor
ISO 639 3
som
Kor
ISO 639 6
som
kor
Glottocode
soma1255
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative