Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Prosím
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
slovaque
  
somali
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Somalis
  
Origin
6th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Somali language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Somali Difficulty
The Slovak vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.