Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Somalia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Yemen
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Subax wanaagsan
Bye
mirupafshim
caraysiiyo
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Më falni
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Italy
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
albanais
somali
German Name
Albanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Albanians
Somalis
Origin
1462 AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Somali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
soma1255
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Albanian and Somali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Somali language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Somali Difficulty
The Albanian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.