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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

346
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Yemen
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
French Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2122
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
hola

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Gracias

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Evening Good
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Buenos Días

Please

Fadlan
Por Favor

Sorry

sorry
triste

Bye

caraysiiyo
adiós

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Mexico

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Cuba

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

21.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

321
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
Español

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

somali
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Somali
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Spanish people

History

Origin

19th century
210 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Somali
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

832
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
spa

ISO 639 2/B

som
spa

ISO 639 3

som
spa

ISO 639 6

som
spa

Glottocode

soma1255
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Somali and Spanish Alphabets

Somali and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Spanish. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Somali and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Spanish languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Spanish Speaking population

Somali and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Spanish on Somali vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Spanish Language Codes

Somali and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.