Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Salom
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
31
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
somali
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Somali
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
19th century
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Uzbek
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Uzbek language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Somali vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.