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Somali vs Spanish


Spanish vs Somali


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
3  
12
46  
1

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
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
24 weeks  
6

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
16,000,000.00  
32
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
89.50 million  
9

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
83  
99+
2  
2

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  

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Somali and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Spanish language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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Somali and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Spanish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Spanish Difficulty

The Somali vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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