Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Türkisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Somalis
Origin
c. 1350
19th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Somali
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
soma1255
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish and Somali 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 Turkish and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Somali language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Somali Difficulty
The Turkish vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Somali 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 Turkish and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.