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Slovene vs Somali


Somali vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hello   

Thank You
Hvala   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Prosim   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Oprostite   
sorry   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
slovène   
somali   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Somalis   

History

Origin
972-1093   
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
Slovene   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
som   

ISO 639 3
slv   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Slovene and Somali Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Somali language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Somali Language History.

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Slovene 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 Slovene and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Somali language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Somali Difficulty

The Slovene vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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