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Swedish and Somali


Somali and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Sweden  
Somalia  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Hello  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
vänligen  
Fadlan  

Sorry
ledsen  
sorry  

Bye
hej då  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
France  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Svenska  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
suédois  
somali  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Somalis  

History

Origin
13th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Somali  

Language Position
89  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
som  

ISO 639 3
swe  
som  

ISO 639 6
swe  
som  

Glottocode
swed1254  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Swedish and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swedish and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Somali Speaking population

Swedish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swedish and Somali on Swedish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Somali Language Codes

Swedish and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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