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
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.