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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
somali
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Somali
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Somali and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Sanskrit language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Somali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.