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Somali vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

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
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

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
16,000,000.00  
32
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
China  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
China  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
27

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
83  
99+
98  
99+

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
-  
-  

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Somali and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Uyghur language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Somali vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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