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Somali vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Somalia  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
39  
28

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Fadlan  
Kali laska  

Sorry
sorry  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
somali  
biélorusse  

German Name
Somali  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
19th century  
18th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Belarusian  

Language Position
83  
99+
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
bel  

ISO 639 3
som  
bel  

ISO 639 6
som  
bel  

Glottocode
soma1255  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Somali and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Belarusian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Somali and Belarusian Language History.

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Somali and Belarusian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Somali and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Belarusian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Somali vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Somali and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is 44 weeks.

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