Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Russia
Somalia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Yemen
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Hello
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Fadlan
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
sorry
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Olonets
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Olonets
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Standard Somali
Native Name
Русский
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Russki
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Russisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Russians
Somalis
Origin
1000 AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
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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Russian 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 Russian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Somali language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Somali Difficulty
The Russian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.