Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Japan
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
somali
  
japonais
  
German Name
Somali
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
19th century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Somali and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Japanese language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Japanese Difficulty
The Somali vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.