Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Somalia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Armenian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Evening Good
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Fadlan
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
caraysiiyo
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
somali
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Somali
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
19th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
soma1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Somali and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Greek language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Greek Difficulty
The Somali vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.
