Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Yemen
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Hello
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Молим (Molim)
Fadlan
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
sorry
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Serbia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Serbisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Not Available
Origin
11th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Somali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Serbian and Somali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Somali language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Somali Difficulty
The Serbian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.