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Somali vs Igbo


Igbo vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
kedụ  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Fadlan  
Biko  

Sorry
sorry  
Ndo  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Not Available  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
af Soomaali  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Ibo  

French Name
somali  
igbo  

German Name
Somali  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
19th century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
83  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
som  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Somali and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Igbo language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Somali vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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