Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Somali language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Somali Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.