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Somali and Assamese


Assamese and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Bengali   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
suprobhaat   

Please
Fadlan   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
sorry   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
biḍai   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
af Soomaali   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
somali   
assamais   

German Name
Somali   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
19th century   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Assamese   

Language Position
83   
99+
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
asm   

ISO 639 3
som   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

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

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Somali and Assamese Speaking population

Somali and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Somali and Assamese on Somali vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Assamese Language Codes

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

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