Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Somalia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
obrigado
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Como você está?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
boa noite
Good Evening
Evening Good
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
bom Dia
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Português
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Português
French Name
somali
portugais
German Name
Somali
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
19th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Somali
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Somali and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Portuguese language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Somali vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.