Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Germany
Somalia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Yemen
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
guten Abend
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Texas
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
allemand
somali
German Name
Deutsch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Somalis
Origin
6th Century AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed German
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
soma1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German 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 German and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Somali language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common German Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Somali Difficulty
The German vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.