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Gujarati and Somali


Somali and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
18 weeks  
4
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Hello  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
sorry  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Surati  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
-  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
goudjrati  
somali  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Somalis  

History

Origin
15  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Somali  

Language Position
23  
21
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
som  

ISO 639 3
guj  
som  

ISO 639 6
guj  
som  

Glottocode
guja1252  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Somali Speaking population

Gujarati and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Gujarati and Somali on Gujarati vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Somali Language Codes

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

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