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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

43
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Somalia

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Yemen

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • 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

Norwegian and Danish Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hej
Hello

Thank You

tacka dig
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

hur mår du
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

godnatt
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

god kväll
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

god morgon
Subax wanaagsan

Please

vänligen
Fadlan

Sorry

ledsen
sorry

Bye

hej då
caraysiiyo

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Gabon
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Georgia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

France
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

793
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

suédois
somali

German Name

Schwedisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Somalis

History

Origin

13th Century
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Cushitic

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Somali

Language Position

8983
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
som

ISO 639 2/B

swe
som

ISO 639 3

swe
som

ISO 639 6

swe
som

Glottocode

swed1254
soma1255

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swedish and Somali Alphabets

Swedish and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Somali. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swedish and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Somali languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swedish and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swedish and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swedish and Somali Speaking population

Swedish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swedish and Somali on Swedish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Somali Language Codes

Swedish and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.