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Arabic vs Somali


Somali vs Arabic


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Hello   

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   

Please
من فضلك   
Fadlan   

Sorry
آسف   
sorry   

Bye
وداعا   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
أحبك   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

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
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
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   

French Name
arabe   
somali   

German Name
Arabisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Somalis   

History

Origin
512 CE   
19th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Cushitic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Somali   

Language Position
25   
21
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
som   

ISO 639 3
ara   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Arabic and Somali Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Somali language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Somali Language History.

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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.

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