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Somali and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Fadlan   
будь ласк   

Sorry
sorry   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
ukrainien   

German Name
Somali   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
19th century   
1561   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
83   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
som   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Somali and Ukrainian Speaking population

Somali and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Somali vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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