Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Somalia
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
29.00 million
  
37
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
somali
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Somali
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th century
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Sindhi Speaking population
Somali and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Somali vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Sindhi Language Codes
Somali and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.