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Romanian vs Somali


Somali vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Somalia  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Hello  

Thank You
multumesc  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Vă Rog  
Fadlan  

Sorry
scuze  
sorry  

Bye
La revedere  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Română  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
somali  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Somalis  

History

Origin
1521  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Somali  

Language Position
36  
33
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
som  

ISO 639 3
ron  
som  

ISO 639 6
ron  
som  

Glottocode
roma1327  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Romanian and Somali Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Somali language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Somali Language History.

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

Romanian vs Somali Difficulty

The Romanian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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