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Yoruba and Somali


Somali and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
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
30 weeks  
9
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Hello  

Thank You
e dupe  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Jowo  
Fadlan  

Sorry
binu  
sorry  

Bye
bye  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
yoruba  
somali  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Somali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Somalis  

History

Origin
4 BC  
19th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Somali  

Language Position
49  
36
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
som  

ISO 639 3
yor  
som  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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 Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Somali Speaking population

Yoruba and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Somali on Yoruba vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Somali Language Codes

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

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