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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Yemen
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Armenian

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Evening Good
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Fadlan
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

caraysiiyo
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Greece

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Griko

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Italy

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

21.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

somali
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Somali
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

19th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Somali
Modern Greek

Language Position

8374
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
ell

ISO 639 2/B

som
gre

ISO 639 3

som
ell

ISO 639 6

som
ells

Glottocode

soma1255
gree1276

Linguasphere

No data available
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Somali and Greek Alphabets

Somali and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Greek. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Somali and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Greek languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Greek Speaking population

Somali and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Somali vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Greek Language Codes

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