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Somali
Somali

Serbian
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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2125
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)

Good Evening

Evening Good
Добро вече (Dobro veče)

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Добар дан (Dobar dan)

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)

Please

Fadlan
Молим (Molim)

Sorry

sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)

Bye

caraysiiyo
Довиђења (Doviđenja)

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Волим те (Volim te)

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Prizren-Timok

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Southeastern Serbia

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Smederevo–Vršac

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Serbia

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Torlakian

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

21.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Montenegrin

French Name

somali
serbe

German Name

Somali
Serbisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[sr̩̂pskiː]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Serbs

History

Origin

19th century
11th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Somali
Standard Serbian

Language Position

8344
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
sr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
srp

ISO 639 2/B

som
srp

ISO 639 3

som
srp

ISO 639 6

som
srp

Glottocode

soma1255
serb1264

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Somali and Serbian Alphabets

Somali and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Serbian. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Somali and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Serbian languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Serbian Speaking population

Somali and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Somali vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Serbian Language Codes

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