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Somali vs German


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Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Somalia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hallo   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Danke   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
guten Morgen   

Please
Fadlan   
bitte   

Sorry
sorry   
Verzeihung   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
somali   
allemand   

German Name
Somali   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Germans   

History

Origin
19th century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
83   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ger   

ISO 639 3
som   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
soma1255   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Somali and German Language History

Comparison of Somali vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and German language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Somali vs German Difficulty

The Somali vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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