Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Somalia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Yemen
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
dankjewel
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Evening Good
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
goedemorgen
Please
Fadlan
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
pardon
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Gronings
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
somali
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Somali
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Dutch people
Origin
19th century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Somali and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Dutch language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Dutch Difficulty
The Somali vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.