Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China
National Language
Somalia
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
rakhmat
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Evening Good
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Not Available
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Bye
caraysiiyo
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Turpan
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
China
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
China
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
China
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
somali
ouïgour
German Name
Somali
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Somali
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Somali and Uyghur 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 Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Uyghur Speaking population
Somali and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Somali vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Uyghur Language Codes
Somali and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
