Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2125
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Zdravo
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Hvala
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kako si?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Laku noc
Good Evening
Evening Good
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dobro jutro
Please
Fadlan
molim vas
Sorry
sorry
Oprostite
Bye
caraysiiyo
Zbogom
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Volim te
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
somali
bosniaque
German Name
Somali
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Bosniaks
Origin
19th century
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Bosnian
Language Position
8324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
bos
ISO 639 2/B
som
bos
ISO 639 3
som
bos
ISO 639 6
som
boss
Glottocode
soma1255
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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