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Somali and Uzbek


Uzbek and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Turkey, Uzbekistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Salom   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Rakhmat   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Qalay siz?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Hayirli tun   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Hayirli kech   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Hayirli kun   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Hayirli tong   

Please
Fadlan   
Iltimos   

Sorry
sorry   
Kechiring!   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Xayr   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Sizni sevaman   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Iltimos! Menga qarang   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Tashkent   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Afghan   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Ferghana   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
26.00 million   
31

Native Name
af Soomaali   
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
somali   
ouszbek   

German Name
Somali   
Usbekisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Uzbek   

History

Origin
19th century   
9th–12th centuries AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southestern(Chagatai)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Chagatay   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Uzbek   

Language Position
83   
99+
53   
38

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
uz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
uzb   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
uzb   

ISO 639 3
som   
uzb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
uzbe1247   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Somali and Uzbek Speaking population

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

Somali and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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