Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
somali
  
slovène
  
German Name
Somali
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
19th century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Somali and Slovene 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 Somali and Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Slovene language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Slovene Difficulty
The Somali vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Slovene 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 Somali and Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.