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Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
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   

History

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   

Language Position
2   
2
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Spanish and Somali Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Somali language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. 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 Spanish and Somali Language History.

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Spanish and Somali 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 Spanish and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Somali language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Somali Difficulty

The Spanish vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Somali 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 Spanish and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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