Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
93
0
46
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National Language
Austria
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Yemen
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2521
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
bok
Hello
Thank You
hvala
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
kako si
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
laku noć
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
dobra večer
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Subax wanaagsan
Please
molim
Fadlan
Sorry
Oprostite
sorry
Bye
Doviđenja
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Volim te
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Croatia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
660,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Croatia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
793
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
89.00 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.60 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
hrvatski
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
croate
somali
German Name
Kroatisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Croats
Somalis
Origin
9th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hr
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
som
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
som
ISO 639 3
hrv
som
ISO 639 6
hrv
som
Glottocode
croa1245
soma1255
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-