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Somali vs Bengali


Bengali vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Somalia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Fadlan   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
sorry   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
af Soomaali   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
somali   
bengali   

German Name
Somali   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
19th century   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Bengali   

Language Position
83   
99+
4   
4

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ben   

ISO 639 3
som   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

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 Bengali Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Bengali language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Bengali Language History.

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

Somali vs Bengali Difficulty

The Somali vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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