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Somali and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Fadlan  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
sorry  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
-  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
-  

Native Name
af Soomaali  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
somali  
sanskrit  

German Name
Somali  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
19th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
83  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
san  

ISO 639 3
som  
san  

ISO 639 6
som  
san  

Glottocode
soma1255  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Somali and Sanskrit Speaking population

Somali and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Somali vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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