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Hindi vs Somali


Somali vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, 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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

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  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
sorry  

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
हिन्दी  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
hindi  
somali  

German Name
Hindi  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Somalis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Somali  

Language Position
5  
5
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
som  

ISO 639 3
hin  
som  

ISO 639 6
hins  
som  

Glottocode
hind1269  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Hindi and Somali Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Somali language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Somali Language History.

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

Hindi vs Somali Difficulty

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

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