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Somali and Urdu


Urdu and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Yemen   
India   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Fadlan   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
sorry   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
الوداع   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
India   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
af Soomaali   
اُردُو   

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

French Name
somali   
ourdou   

German Name
Somali   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
83   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
urd   

ISO 639 3
som   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Somali and Urdu Speaking population

Somali and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Somali vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Urdu Language Codes

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

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