Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Somalia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Yemen
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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
dankjewel
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
goedenavond
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Subax wanaagsan
Please
alsjeblieft
Fadlan
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
pardon
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gronings
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
somali
German Name
Niederländisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Somalis
Origin
AD 450-500
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Somali language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Somali Difficulty
The Dutch vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.