×

Somali
Somali

Uyghur
Uyghur



ADD
Compare
X
Somali
X
Uyghur

Somali and Uyghur

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Somalia
China

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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

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.
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Uzbek Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Gokturk Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2636
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2127
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
rakhmat

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun

Good Evening

Evening Good
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
تۆنۈگۈن خەير

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Please

Fadlan
birdam

Sorry

sorry
kachurung

Bye

caraysiiyo
Khayr khosh

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
sizni yahshi kOrman

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Kachurung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Turpan

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
China

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Benaadir
Hotan

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
China

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Lop Nur

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
China

How Many People Speak

21.0025,000,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

37
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million10.40 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.07 %0.12 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

8.00 million8.20 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

21.00 million25.00 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

af Soomaali
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga

French Name

somali
ouïgour

German Name

Somali
Uigurisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Uyghur

History

Origin

19th century
11

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki

Standard Forms

Somali
Uyghur

Language Position

8398
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Signed Uyghur

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

so
ug

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
uig

ISO 639 2/B

som
uig

ISO 639 3

som
uig

ISO 639 6

som
uig

Glottocode

soma1255
uigh1240

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Somali and Uyghur Alphabets

Somali and Uyghur Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Uyghur. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Uyghur Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Somali and Uyghur languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Uyghur are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Uyghur Speaking population

Somali and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Somali vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Uyghur Language Codes

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