Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.