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Somali vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Fadlan  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
sorry  
жал (žal)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
somali  
macédonien  

German Name
Somali  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
19th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Macedonian  

Language Position
83  
99+
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
mac  

ISO 639 3
som  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
som  
mkd  

Glottocode
soma1255  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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Somali and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Macedonian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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Somali and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Macedonian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Somali vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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