Somali and Norwegian
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Norway
National Language
Somalia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
Nynorsk
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
takk
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
god natt
Good Evening
Evening Good
god kveld
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
god morgen
Please
Fadlan
Vær så snill
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Sogn
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Hallingdal, Valdres
Native Name
af Soomaali
Norsk
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Norsk
French Name
somali
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Somali
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Somalis
Norwegians
Origin
19th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Somali
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
soma1255
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Somali and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Norwegian Speaking population
Somali and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Somali vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Norwegian Language Codes
Somali and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.