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Somali vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Fadlan   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
sorry   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
af Soomaali   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
somali   
goudjrati   

German Name
Somali   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
19th century   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
83   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
guj   

ISO 639 3
som   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Somali and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Gujarati language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Somali vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Somali vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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