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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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