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Turkish and Somali


Somali and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
3   
12

National Language
Turkey   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Hello   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
lütfen   
Fadlan   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
sorry   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
turc   
somali   

German Name
Türkisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
19th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Somali   

Language Position
19   
17
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
som   

ISO 639 3
tur   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Turkish and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Turkish and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Somali Speaking population

Turkish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Turkish and Somali on Turkish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Somali Language Codes

Turkish and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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