Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2146
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Mhoro
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Evening Good
Manheru
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Masikati
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Mangwanani
Please
Fadlan
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
sorry
Ndineurombo
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Karanga
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
21.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
chiShona
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
somali
shona
German Name
Somali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Shona people
Origin
19th century
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Shona
Language Position
83107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
sna
ISO 639 2/B
som
sna
ISO 639 3
som
sna
ISO 639 6
som
sna
Glottocode
soma1255
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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