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Somali vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Somalia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Yoruba Academy  

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
e kaaro  

Please
Fadlan  
Jowo  

Sorry
sorry  
binu  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
bye  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
somali  
yoruba  

German Name
Somali  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
19th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
83  
99+
49  
36

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
yor  

ISO 639 3
som  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Somali and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Yoruba language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Somali vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Somali vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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