Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- 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
Finnish
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Hello
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Palun
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
sorry
  
Bye
Head aega
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
estonien
  
somali
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
13th century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Somali language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Somali Difficulty
The Estonian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.