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Somali vs Marwari


Marwari vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Rajastan, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Nepal, Pakistan   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Shubh Havar   

Please
Fadlan   
kirpa   

Sorry
sorry   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
bye   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
India   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
India   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
somali   
marvari   

German Name
Somali   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
19th century   
16   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Marwari   

Language Position
83   
99+
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
som   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
raja1256   

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   
Not Available   

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Somali and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Marwari language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Marwari Language History.

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

Somali vs Marwari Difficulty

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

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