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
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Cuba
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.
