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Somali vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Somalia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Halo  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Fadlan  
Mi petas  

Sorry
sorry  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Not present  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
somali  
espéranto  

German Name
Somali  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
1887  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Esperanto  

Language Position
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
epo  

ISO 639 3
som  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Somali and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Esperanto language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Somali vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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