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Somali vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Somalia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Thailand   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Hai   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Fadlan   
sila   

Sorry
sorry   
maaf   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
malais   

German Name
Somali   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
83   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
may   

ISO 639 3
som   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
stan1306   

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 Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Malaysian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Somali vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Somali vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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