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Norwegian and Somali


Somali and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Norway   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
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
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
takk   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
god natt   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Vær så snill   
Fadlan   

Sorry
unnskyld   
sorry   

Bye
ha det   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
somali   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
som   

ISO 639 3
nor   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Somali Speaking population

Norwegian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Somali on Norwegian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Somali Language Codes

Norwegian and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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