Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.