Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Henda ho
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Evening Good
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Boge Setak’
Please
Fadlan
দয়া করে
Sorry
sorry
দুঃখিত
Bye
caraysiiyo
Hariau
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Mahali
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
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How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Not present
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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How Many People Speak
21.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
somali
santal
German Name
Somali
Santali
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19th century
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Santali
Language Position
8341
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
sat
ISO 639 2/B
som
sat
ISO 639 3
som
sat
ISO 639 6
som
sat
Glottocode
soma1255
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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