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Somali vs Chinese


Chinese vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Somalia   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Fadlan   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
sorry   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
af Soomaali   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
chinois   

German Name
Somali   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Han   

History

Origin
19th century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
83   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
chi   

ISO 639 3
som   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Somali and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Chinese language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Somali vs Chinese Difficulty

The Somali vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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