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Uzbek and Somali


Somali and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Hello  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Iltimos  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
sorry  

Bye
Xayr  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
-  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
23
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
21
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
-  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
18
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million  
25
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
ouszbek  
somali  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Somalis  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
19th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Somali  

Language Position
53  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
som  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
som  

ISO 639 6
uzb  
som  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uzbek and Somali Speaking population

Uzbek and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Somali on Uzbek vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Somali Language Codes

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

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