Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2625
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
Halo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Hvala
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Evening Good
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Dober dan
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dobro jutro
Please
Fadlan
Prosim
Sorry
sorry
Oprostite
Bye
caraysiiyo
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Resian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Italy
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Styrian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
21.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
348
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
somali
slovène
German Name
Somali
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Slovenes
Origin
19th century
972-1093
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Slovene
Language Position
8328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
slv
ISO 639 2/B
som
slv
ISO 639 3
som
slv
ISO 639 6
som
slv
Glottocode
soma1255
slov1268
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional