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Somali
Somali

Swedish
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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Yemen
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
hej

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
tacka dig

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
hur mår du

Good Night

Habeenka Good
godnatt

Good Evening

Evening Good
god kväll

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
god morgon

Please

Fadlan
vänligen

Sorry

sorry
ledsen

Bye

caraysiiyo
hej då

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Dialects

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Gabon

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Dialects

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Georgia

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Dialects

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
France

How Many People Speak

21.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

379
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
Svenska

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

somali
suédois

German Name

Somali
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

19th century
13th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Somali
Standard Swedish

Language Position

8389
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
swe

ISO 639 2/B

som
swe

ISO 639 3

som
swe

ISO 639 6

som
swe

Glottocode

soma1255
swed1254

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Somali and Swedish Alphabets

Somali and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Swedish. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Somali and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Swedish Speaking population

Somali and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Somali vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Swedish Language Codes

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