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Somali and Swedish


Swedish and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Somalia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hej   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
god morgon   

Please
Fadlan   
vänligen   

Sorry
sorry   
ledsen   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
hej då   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
somali   
suédois   

German Name
Somali   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
19th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
83   
99+
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
swe   

ISO 639 3
som   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Somali and Swedish Speaking population

Somali and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Somali vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Swedish Language Codes

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

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