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Uyghur and Somali


Somali and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
China   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Hello   

Thank You
rakhmat   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
birdam   
Fadlan   

Sorry
kachurung   
sorry   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
China   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
China   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
China   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
ouïgour   
somali   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Somalis   

History

Origin
11   
19th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Somali   

Language Position
98   
99+
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
som   

ISO 639 3
uig   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Uyghur and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Uyghur are spoken in different Uyghur Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Uyghur vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Uyghur dialects include: Turpan, Hotan. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Uyghur and Somali Speaking population

Uyghur and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Uyghur and Somali on Uyghur vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Somali Language Codes

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

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