Countries
India, Nepal
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Nepal
Somalia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Yemen
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Subax wanaagsan
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
sorry
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Doteli
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Nepal
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Benaadir
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Nepal
Standard Somali
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
népalais
somali
German Name
Nepali
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Somalis
Origin
19 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
soma1255
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Somali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Somali Speaking population
Nepali and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Somali on Nepali vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Somali Language Codes
Nepali and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.