Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
China
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.