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Somali vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

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
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Somali and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Sanskrit language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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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.

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