Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
scuze
  
sorry
  
Bye
La revedere
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
somali
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1521
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Somali language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Somali Difficulty
The Romanian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.