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Slovene vs Somali


Somali vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Resian  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

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  

History

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
28  
26
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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Slovene and Somali Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Somali language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovene and Somali Language History.

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Slovene 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 Slovene and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Somali language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Somali Difficulty

The Slovene vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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