Somali and Sanskrit
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
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
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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.
- 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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Not present
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Not present
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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Second Language Speakers
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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
Origin
19th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Somali
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
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.
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.