Countries
Nigeria
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Hello
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Biko
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
sorry
  
Bye
Not Available
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
igbo
  
somali
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Somali language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Somali Difficulty
The Igbo vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.