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Somali vs Nepali


Nepali vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Devanagari   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Fadlan   
कृपया   

Sorry
sorry   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
af Soomaali   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
somali   
népalais   

German Name
Somali   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
19th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Nepali   

Language Position
83   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
nep   

ISO 639 3
som   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Somali and Nepali Language History

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

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

Somali vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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