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Somali vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Fadlan   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
sorry   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Balgarski   

French Name
somali   
bulgare   

German Name
Somali   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
83   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
bul   

ISO 639 3
som   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
soma1255   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Somali and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Bulgarian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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

Somali vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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