Language name and locationː Somali, Somalia, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区索马里语, 索马里, 埃塞俄比亚, 肯尼亚, 吉布提

 

1. ków

21.  kóob iyo labaatan

2. labá

22.  labá iyo labaatan

3. sáddeħ

23.  sáddeħ iyo labaatan

4. áfar

24.  áfar iyo labaatan

5. ʃán

25.  ʃán iyo labaatan

6. liħ

26.  liħ iyo labaatan

7. toddobá

27.  toddobá iyo labaatan

8. siddèed

28.  siddèed iyo labaatan

9. saɡaal

29.  saɡaal iyo labaatan

10. toban

30.  sóddon

11. kóob iyo toban

40.  áffartan

12. labá iyo toban

50.  kónton

13. sáddeħ iyo toban

60.  líħdan

14. áfar iyo toban

70.  toddobáatan

15. ʃán iyo toban

80.  siddéetan

16. liħ iyo toban

90.  saɡáaʃan

17. toddobá iyo toban

100. boqol

18. siddèed iyo toban

200. labá loqól

19. saɡaal iyo toban

1000. kún

20. labaatan

2000. labá kún

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mauro Tosco, Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples ( Eastern University of Naples), Italy, August 20, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mauro Tosco, 2007 年 7 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Somali has a decimal system. Somali is a Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia, Somaliland,and Ethiopia, and a national language in Djibouti as well as in northeastern Kenya. The speaking population of Somali is about 22 millions.