Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Norway
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
god morgen
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
sorry
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Norsk
  
French Name
somali
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
19th century
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Somali and Norwegian Speaking population
Somali and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Somali vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Norwegian Language Codes
Somali and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.