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Marwari vs Somali


Somali vs Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Rajastan, 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
Nepal, Pakistan  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
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
khammaghani  
Hello  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
kirpa  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
sorry  

Bye
bye  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
India  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
India  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
India  
Standard Somali  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Marwari  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
marvari  
somali  

German Name
Marwari  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Somalis  

History

Origin
16  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Somali  

Language Position
72  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
som  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
som  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
som  

Glottocode
raja1256  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Marwari and Somali Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Somali language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 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 Marwari and Somali Language History.

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

Marwari vs Somali Difficulty

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

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