Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Portugal
Somalia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Yemen
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Como você está?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
boa noite
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
boa Noite
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
bom Dia
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
Eu te amo
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
desculpe me
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Brazil
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Portugal
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Português
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
portugais
somali
German Name
Portugiesisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Somalis
Origin
3rd Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Somali language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Somali Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.