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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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