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Javanese vs Somali


Somali vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Indonesia   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
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
36 weeks   
10
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hello   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
sorry   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
javanais   
somali   

German Name
Javanisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Somalis   

History

Origin
450 AD   
19th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Somali   

Language Position
11   
10
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
som   

ISO 639 3
jav   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Javanese and Somali Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Somali language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Somali Language History.

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

Javanese vs Somali Difficulty

The Javanese vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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