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Somali vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
39   
28

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Fadlan   
Kali laska   

Sorry
sorry   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
North-East Belarus   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
somali   
biélorusse   

German Name
Somali   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
19th century   
18th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Belarusian   

Language Position
83   
99+
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
bel   

ISO 639 3
som   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

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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Somali and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Belarusian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Somali and Belarusian Language History.

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Somali and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Belarusian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Somali vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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