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Finnish and Somali


Somali and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Somalia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Hello   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
haluta   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
sorry   

Bye
Heippa   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
finnois   
somali   

German Name
Finnisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Somalis   

History

Origin
1543   
19th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Cushitic   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
som   

ISO 639 3
fin   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Somali Speaking population

Finnish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Somali on Finnish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Somali Language Codes

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

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