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Somali vs Hindi


Hindi vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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, Oceania   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Fadlan   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
sorry   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
af Soomaali   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
somali   
hindi   

German Name
Somali   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
19th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
83   
99+
5   
5

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
hin   

ISO 639 3
som   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
soma1255   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Somali and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Hindi language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Somali vs Hindi Difficulty

The Somali vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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