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Cantonese and Somali


Somali and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
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
Hawaii   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Hello   

Thank You
谢谢   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
晚安   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
早上好   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
请   
Fadlan   

Sorry
遗憾   
sorry   

Bye
再见   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
我爱你   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
Not Available   
somali   

German Name
Not Available   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
17th century   
19th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
som   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Somali Speaking population

Cantonese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Somali on Cantonese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Somali Language Codes

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

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