Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
شكرا
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
أحبك
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
اعذرني
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Sudan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Arabisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Origin
512 CE
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
soma1255
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Somali language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Somali Difficulty
The Arabic vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.
