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Croatian and Somali


Somali and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

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  

History

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
23  
21
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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

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Croatian and Somali Speaking population

Croatian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Somali on Croatian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Somali Language Codes

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

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