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Somali and Russian


Russian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Somalia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Fadlan   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
sorry   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Russki   

French Name
somali   
russe   

German Name
Somali   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Russians   

History

Origin
19th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
83   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
rus   

ISO 639 3
som   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Somali and Russian Speaking population

Somali and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Somali vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Russian Language Codes

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

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