Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Yemen
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2526
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
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
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Hello
Thank You
Hvala
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Dober večer
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Prosim
Fadlan
Sorry
Oprostite
sorry
Bye
Nasvidenje
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ljubim te
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Oprostite
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
80,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Italy
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Styrian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
483
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
slovène
somali
German Name
Slowenisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Somalis
Origin
972-1093
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
Slovene
Somali
Language Position
2883
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
som
ISO 639 2/B
slv
som
ISO 639 3
slv
som
ISO 639 6
slv
som
Glottocode
slov1268
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-