Countries
South Africa
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Somalia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Hello
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Unjani
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Molo
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Ndicela
Fadlan
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
sorry
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Uxolo
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
South Africa
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Benaadir
Where They Speak
South Africa
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
South Africa
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
19.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
xhosa
somali
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Somalis
Origin
16th Century
19th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Somali
Language Position
2183
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
som
ISO 639 2/B
xho
som
ISO 639 3
xho
som
ISO 639 6
xho
som
Glottocode
xhos1239
soma1255
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
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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