Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2646
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2138
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
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
Ahoj
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Evening Good
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Dobré ráno
Please
Fadlan
Prosím
Sorry
sorry
Pardón!
Bye
caraysiiyo
Dovidenia
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
21.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
somali
slovaque
German Name
Somali
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Slovaks
Origin
19th century
6th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Somali
Slovak
Language Position
8327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
slk
ISO 639 2/B
som
slo
ISO 639 3
som
slk
ISO 639 6
som
slk
Glottocode
soma1255
slov1269
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
-
Synthetic