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Somali and Marwari


Marwari and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Rajastan, 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  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
-  

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Shubh Havar  

Please
Fadlan  
kirpa  

Sorry
sorry  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
bye  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
14,000,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
14,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
India  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
somali  
marvari  

German Name
Somali  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
19th century  
16  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Marwari  

Language Position
83  
99+
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
som  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
som  
mwr  

Glottocode
soma1255  
raja1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Somali and Marwari Speaking population

Somali and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Somali vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Marwari Language Codes

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

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