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
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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