Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
0
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.