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Sanskrit vs Somali


Somali vs 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
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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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Sanskrit and Somali Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Somali language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Somali Language History.

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Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Somali language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs Somali Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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