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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
19th century
11th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
-
-
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
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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