Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2657
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2150
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Sawubona
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
unjani
Good Night
Habeenka Good
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Evening Good
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Fadlan
Ngiyacela
Sorry
sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
caraysiiyo
bye
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
21.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
somali
zoulou
German Name
Somali
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Zulu people
Origin
19th century
19
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Somali
Deep Zulu
Language Position
8387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
zul
ISO 639 2/B
som
zul
ISO 639 3
som
zul
ISO 639 6
som
zul
Glottocode
soma1255
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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