Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
hej
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
god morgon
  
Please
Fadlan
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ledsen
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
somali
  
suédois
  
German Name
Somali
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
19th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Swedish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Swedish Difficulty
The Somali vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.