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Countries

Countries

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
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

463
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Somalia

Second Language

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

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

French Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2221
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Hello

Thank You

Gracias
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Por Favor
Fadlan

Sorry

triste
sorry

Bye

adiós
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Te Quiero
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Mexico
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Cuba
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

213
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

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

French Name

espagnol; castillan
somali

German Name

Spanisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Somalis

History

Origin

210 BC
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Somali

Language Position

283
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
som

ISO 639 2/B

spa
som

ISO 639 3

spa
som

ISO 639 6

spa
som

Glottocode

stan1288
soma1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
No data available

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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Spanish and Somali Alphabets

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

All Spanish and Somali 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 Spanish and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Spanish and Somali Speaking population

Spanish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Spanish and Somali on Spanish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Somali Language Codes

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