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Somali and Marwari


Marwari and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Rajastan, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Nepal, Pakistan   

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

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Shubh Havar   

Please
Fadlan   
kirpa   

Sorry
sorry   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
bye   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
India   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
India   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
somali   
marvari   

German Name
Somali   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
19th century   
16   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Marwari   

Language Position
83   
99+
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Somali and Marwari Speaking population

Somali and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Somali vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Marwari Language Codes

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

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