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Basque and Swahili


Swahili and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
France, Spain   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Spanish   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Habari   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Asante   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Mesedez   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Barkatu   
pole   

Bye
Agur   
bye   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
France   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Not available   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
basque   
swahili   

German Name
Baskisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
6th century   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
swa   

ISO 639 3
eus   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Basque and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Basque and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Swahili Speaking population

Basque and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Basque and Swahili on Basque vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Swahili Language Codes

Basque and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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