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Somali vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Somalia  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Fadlan  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
sorry  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Mongolia  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

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

French Name
somali  
mongol  

German Name
Somali  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
mon  

ISO 639 3
som  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Somali and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Mongolian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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Somali and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Mongolian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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