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
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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Te Quiero
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Mexico
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Cuba
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Standard Somali
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
Origin
210 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Cushitic
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Somali
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1288
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
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 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.