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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   
12
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
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

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
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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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