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Somali vs English


English vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
33  
2

National Language
Somalia  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Yemen  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Hello  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Good Morning  

Please
Fadlan  
Please  

Sorry
sorry  
Sorry  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Bye  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
I love you  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
American English  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
af Soomaali  
English  

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

French Name
somali  
anglais  

German Name
Somali  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Standard English  

Language Position
83  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
eng  

ISO 639 3
som  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
soma1255  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Somali and English Language History

Comparison of Somali vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and English language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Somali vs English Difficulty

The Somali vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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