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Serbian vs Somali


Somali vs 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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Serbian and Somali Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Somali language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Somali Language History.

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Serbian and Somali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Somali language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Somali Difficulty

The Serbian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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