Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
somali
  
serbe
  
German Name
Somali
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Serbs
  
Origin
19th century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available