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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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Somalis
  
Origin
210 BC
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available