Countries
West Java
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Hello
Thank You
Nuhun
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Mangga
Fadlan
Sorry
Hapunten
sorry
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Punten
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Banten
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Bogor
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bandung
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
soundanais
somali
German Name
Sundanesisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Somalis
Origin
5th century AD
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Somali
Language Position
4283
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
som
ISO 639 2/B
sun
som
ISO 639 3
sun
som
ISO 639 6
sun
som
Glottocode
sund1251
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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