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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Somalia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
1.8 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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
سلام
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
متشکرم
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
Fadlan
لطفا
3.9 Sorry
sorry
متاسف
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
خدا حافظ
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Iran, Iraq
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
47,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Dari Persian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
12,500,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Tajik Persian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
7,900,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
65.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
65.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
af Soomaali
فارسی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
5.3.4 French Name
somali
persan
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Persisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Persian people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
1500 BC
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Persian
6.3.3 Language Position
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83
Rank: 55 (Overall)
23
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
fa
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
fas
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
per
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
pes
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
fars1254
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic

Somali and Persian Alphabets

Somali and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Persian. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Somali and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Persian 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 Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Persian Speaking population

Somali and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Somali vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Persian Language Codes

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

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