Hindi and Somali
Countries
Fiji, India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Hello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Fadlan
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Marwari
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Standard Somali
Native Name
हिन्दी
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Somalis
Origin
7th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Somali
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
hind1269
soma1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Hindi 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 Hindi and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hindi and Somali Speaking population
Hindi and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Somali on Hindi vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hindi and Somali Language Codes
Hindi and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.