Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Hello
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
scusate
  
sorry
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
italien
  
somali
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
960 BC
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian 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 Italian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Somali language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Somali Difficulty
The Italian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.