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Galician vs Somali


Somali vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Galicia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Hello   

Thank You
Grazas   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Por favor   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
sorry   

Bye
Adeus   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Ámote   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
galicien   
somali   

German Name
Galicisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
som   

ISO 639 3
glg   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Somali Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Somali language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Somali Language History.

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Galician 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 Galician and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Somali language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Somali Difficulty

The Galician vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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