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Somali vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
China   

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   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Fadlan   
birdam   

Sorry
sorry   
kachurung   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
China   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
China   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
somali   
ouïgour   

German Name
Somali   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
19th century   
11   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Uyghur   

Language Position
83   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
uig   

ISO 639 3
som   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Somali and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Uyghur language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Somali vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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