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Vietnamese and Somali


Somali and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Vietnam   
Somalia   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Hello   

Thank You
Cam on   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
sorry   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
vietnamien   
somali   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
19th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Somali   

Language Position
14   
13
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
som   

ISO 639 3
vie   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Somali Speaking population

Vietnamese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Somali on Vietnamese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Somali Language Codes

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

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