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Somali vs Romanian


Romanian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
6  
9

National Language
Somalia  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
alo  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Fadlan  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
sorry  
scuze  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
La revedere  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Română  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
somali  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Somali  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Romanians  

History

Origin
19th century  
1521  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Romanian  

Language Position
83  
99+
36  
33

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
rum  

ISO 639 3
som  
ron  

ISO 639 6
som  
ron  

Glottocode
soma1255  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Somali and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Romanian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Somali vs Romanian Difficulty

The Somali vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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