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Assamese and Somali


Somali and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • 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
Bengali and Oriya   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
Hello   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
anugroha kori   
Fadlan   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
sorry   

Bye
biḍai   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
assamais   
somali   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Somalis   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Somali   

Language Position
65   
99+
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
som   

ISO 639 3
asm   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Assamese and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Somali Speaking population

Assamese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Somali on Assamese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Somali Language Codes

Assamese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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