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Urdu vs Somali


Somali vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Pakistan   
Somalia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
India   
Yemen   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Hello   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Fadlan   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
sorry   

Bye
الوداع   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
India   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
India   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
ourdou   
somali   

German Name
Urdu   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Somalis   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Somali   

Language Position
20   
18
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
som   

ISO 639 3
urd   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Somali Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Somali language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. 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 Urdu and Somali Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Somali language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Somali Difficulty

The Urdu vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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