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Somali

Turkish
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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey

Total No. Of Countries

311
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Turkey

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Yemen
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Turkish Language Association

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.
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Azerbaijani Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Merhaba

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
teşekkür ederim

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Nasılsın?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
İyi Geceler

Good Evening

Evening Good
İyi Akşamlar

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Tünaydın

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
günaydın

Please

Fadlan
lütfen

Sorry

sorry
üzgünüm

Bye

caraysiiyo
Hoşçakal

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Seni seviyorum

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Afedersiniz

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Azerbaijani Turkish

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Crimean Turkish

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00480,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Gagauz

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

How Many People Speak

21.00140,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

39
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million75.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.95 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
Türkçe

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Anatolian, Türkisch

French Name

somali
turc

German Name

Somali
Türkisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Turkish

History

Origin

19th century
c. 1350

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Turkic

Branch

-
Southwestern(Oghuz)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish

Standard Forms

Somali
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)

Language Position

8319
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
tr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
tur

ISO 639 2/B

som
tur

ISO 639 3

som
tur

ISO 639 6

som
tur

Glottocode

soma1255
nucl1301

Linguasphere

No data available
44-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Somali and Turkish Alphabets

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

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

Somali and Turkish Speaking population

Somali and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Somali vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Turkish Language Codes

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