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Languages in Somali

This is a list of some common languages in Somali. This lesson is complementary to our other 2 pages: Nationality and Countries.

English: ingiriis
Arabic: carabi
Chinese: shiineys
Brazilian: Baraasiliyaan
French: faransiis
German: jarmal
Greek: giriig
Hebrew: Hibruu
Hindi: hindi
Irish: Ayrish
Italian: talyaani
Japanese: jabaan
Korean: Kuuriyaan
Latin: Latino
Persian: faarisiin
Portuguese: Boortaqiis
Russian: ruush
Spanish: isbaanish
Swedish: iswiidhish
Urdu: Urdu

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation. All you need is to swap languages but keep the same sentence structure.

I speak Italian: Af Talyaani baan ku hadlaa
I want to learn Spanish: Waxaan rabaa inaan Af Isbaanish barto
My mother tongue is German: Luuqadeeyda hooyo waa af Jarmal
I love the Japanese language: Waan jeclahay luuqada Jabaniiska
I don't speak Korean: Af Kuuriyaan kuma hadlo
Spanish is easy to learn: Af Isbaanishku waa fudud yahay in la barto

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