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Oriya and Somali


Somali and Oriya


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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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 and Assamese   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
Hello   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
sorry   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
India   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
India   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
India   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
oriya   
somali   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Somalis   

History

Origin
3 BC   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Somali   

Language Position
32   
26
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
som   

ISO 639 3
ori   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oriya and Somali Speaking population

Oriya and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Oriya and Somali on Oriya vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Somali Language Codes

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

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