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Hindi vs Somali


Somali vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
India   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Hello   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Fadlan   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
sorry   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
Not Available   

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
hindi   
somali   

German Name
Hindi   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Somalis   

History

Origin
7th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Somali   

Language Position
5   
5
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
som   

ISO 639 3
hin   
som   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hindi and Somali Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Somali language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Somali Language History.

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

Hindi vs Somali Difficulty

The Hindi vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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