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Somali vs Italian


Italian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Somalia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
ciao   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
grazie   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
buongiorno   

Please
Fadlan   
Per Favore   

Sorry
sorry   
scusate   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Italiano   

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

French Name
somali   
italien   

German Name
Somali   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Italians   

History

Origin
19th century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Italian   

Language Position
83   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ita   

ISO 639 3
som   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
soma1255   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Somali and Italian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Italian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Somali vs Italian Difficulty

The Somali vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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