Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India
  
National Language
Somalia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
somali
  
oriya
  
German Name
Somali
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Odias
  
Origin
19th century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Oriya language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Oriya Difficulty
The Somali vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.