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Somali vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Fadlan  
будь ласк  

Sorry
sorry  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

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

French Name
somali  
ukrainien  

German Name
Somali  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
19th century  
1561  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
83  
99+
26  
22

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
som  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Somali and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Ukrainian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Somali vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Somali vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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