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Romanian vs Somali


Somali vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
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
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
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   

History

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   

Language Position
36   
28
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Romanian and Somali Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Somali language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Somali Language History.

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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.

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