Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Halo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Evening Good
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Sugeng énjing
Please
Fadlan
tolong
Sorry
sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
caraysiiyo
Pamit
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kangean
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Bawean
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Madurese
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
somali
madourais
German Name
Somali
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Madurese
Origin
19th century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Madurese
Language Position
8369
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mad
ISO 639 2/B
som
mad
ISO 639 3
som
mad
ISO 639 6
som
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Glottocode
soma1255
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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