Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Ukraine
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
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)
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
Native Name
af Soomaali
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
somali
ukrainien
German Name
Somali
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Ukrainians
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
ukra1253
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
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.
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 0.07 % 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.