Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, No official status
National Language
Somalia
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Evening Good
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Fadlan
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
caraysiiyo
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
somali
bhojpuri
German Name
Somali
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Somali and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Bhojpuri language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Somali vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.