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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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