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Serbian and Somali


Somali and Serbian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Yemen   

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hello   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
sorry   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

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

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

French Name
serbe   
somali   

German Name
Serbisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Somalis   

History

Origin
11th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Somali   

Language Position
44   
33
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
som   

ISO 639 3
srp   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Serbian and Somali Speaking population

Serbian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Serbian and Somali on Serbian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Somali Language Codes

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

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