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Somali and Croatian


Croatian and Somali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
9   
7

National Language
Somalia   
Austria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
bok   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
hvala   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
kako si   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
dobro jutro   

Please
Fadlan   
molim   

Sorry
sorry   
Oprostite   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
af Soomaali   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Hrvatski   

French Name
somali   
croate   

German Name
Somali   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Croats   

History

Origin
19th century   
9th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
83   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
som   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Somali and Croatian Speaking population

Somali and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Somali and Croatian on Somali vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Croatian Language Codes

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

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