Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Volim te
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Croatia
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
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
[afsoomaali]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Origin
19th century
9th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
croa1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
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.
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 0.07 % 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.