Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Fadlan
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
sorry
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
somali
  
assamais
  
German Name
Somali
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
19th century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Assamese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Somali and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Assamese language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Assamese Difficulty
The Somali vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Somali and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.