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Somali vs Romanian


Romanian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
6   
9

National Language
Somalia   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
alo   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Fadlan   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
sorry   
scuze   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
La revedere   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Română   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
somali   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Somali   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Romanians   

History

Origin
19th century   
1521   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Romanian   

Language Position
83   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
rum   

ISO 639 3
som   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Somali and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Romanian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Somali vs Romanian Difficulty

The Somali vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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