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Somali vs Slovene


Slovene vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Somali and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Slovene language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Somali and Slovene Language History.

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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.

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