Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Rajastan, India
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
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
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
khammaghani
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
shubh raatri
Good Evening
Evening Good
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Shubh Havar
Please
Fadlan
kirpa
Sorry
sorry
Maaf Karo
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Jogi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Bagri
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
21.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
Marwari
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
somali
marvari
German Name
Somali
Marwari
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
19th century
16
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Marwari
Language Position
8372
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
som
mwr
ISO 639 3
som
mwr
ISO 639 6
som
mwr
Glottocode
soma1255
raja1256
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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