Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Somalia
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Yemen
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
grazie
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Come stai?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
buonanotte
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
buonasera
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
buongiorno
Subax wanaagsan
Bye
arrivederci
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ti amo
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Scusami
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Lazio
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Standard Somali
Native Name
Italiano
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Italiano
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
italien
somali
German Name
Italienisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Italians
Somalis
Origin
960 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Somali
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
ital1282
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Italian 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 Italian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Somali language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Somali Difficulty
The Italian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.