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
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
Origin
19th century
210 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1288
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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 Not Available 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.