Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Somalia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Fadlan
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
caraysiiyo
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Olonets
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Olonets
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Novgorod
Native Name
af Soomaali
Русский
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Russki
German Name
Somali
Russisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Russians
Origin
19th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Somali and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Russian Speaking population
Somali and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Somali vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Russian Language Codes
Somali and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.