Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Somalia
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Yemen
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
Hello
Thank You
Gràcies
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Bona nit
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Bona nit
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Bon dia
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Sisplau
Fadlan
Sorry
Perdó!
sorry
Bye
Adéu
caraysiiyo
I Love You
T'estimo
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Caló
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
440,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Valencian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Spain
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Spain
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
catalan; valencien
somali
German Name
Katalanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Somalis
Origin
c. 1028
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Somali
Language Position
3283
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
som
ISO 639 2/B
cat
som
ISO 639 3
cat
som
ISO 639 6
cat
som
Glottocode
stan1289
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-