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Somali and Hebrew


Hebrew and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Israel   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Poland   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
0   

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Fadlan   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
sorry   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Israel   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Israel, Palestine   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
af Soomaali   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
somali   
hébreu   

German Name
Somali   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
83   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
heb   

ISO 639 3
som   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Somali and Hebrew Speaking population

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

Somali and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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