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