Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Nepal
National Language
Somalia
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
caraysiiyo
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Doteli
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
somali
népalais
German Name
Somali
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
19th century
19 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Somali
Nepali
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Somali and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Nepali Speaking population
Somali and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Somali vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Nepali Language Codes
Somali and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.