Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Somalia
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Evening Good
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
günaydın
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Somali
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Turkish
Origin
19th century
c. 1350
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Somali
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
nucl1301
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Somali and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Turkish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Turkish Difficulty
The Somali vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.