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Somali vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Somalia  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
42  
31

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Fadlan  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
sorry  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Not Available  

French Name
somali  
sindhi  

German Name
Somali  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Sindhi  

Language Position
83  
99+
50  
37

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
snd  

ISO 639 3
som  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Somali and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Sindhi language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Somali vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Somali vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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