Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Myanmar
National Language
Somalia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Mon
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Evening Good
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Fadlan
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
caraysiiyo
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Intha
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
somali
birman
German Name
Somali
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Bamar people
Origin
19th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Somali and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Burmese language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Burmese Difficulty
The Somali vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.