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Greek vs Somali


Somali vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Somalia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Hello  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
sorry  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Griko  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ελληνικά  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
somali  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Somalis  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Somali  

Language Position
74  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
som  

ISO 639 3
ell  
som  

ISO 639 6
ells  
som  

Glottocode
gree1276  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Greek and Somali Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Somali language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Somali Language History.

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

Greek vs Somali Difficulty

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

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