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Sanskrit and Somali


Somali and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

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

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Hello   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
Fadlan   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
sorry   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
sanskrit   
somali   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
som   

ISO 639 3
san   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Sanskrit and Somali Speaking population

Sanskrit and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Somali on Sanskrit vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Somali Language Codes

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

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