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Somali
Somali

Punjabi
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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Asia

Minority Language

Yemen
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Hindi Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2141
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

Habeenka Good
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

Evening Good
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

Fadlan
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

caraysiiyo
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Saraiki

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Doabi

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

21.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

330
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

somali
pendjabi

German Name

Somali
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Somalis
Punjabis

History

Origin

19th century
1000 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Somali
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

8323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

so
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
pan

ISO 639 2/B

som
pan

ISO 639 3

som
pan

ISO 639 6

som
panj

Glottocode

soma1255
panj1256

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Somali and Punjabi Alphabets

Somali and Punjabi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Punjabi. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Somali and Punjabi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Punjabi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Punjabi Speaking population

Somali and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Somali vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Punjabi Language Codes

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