Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Spanish
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Kilwa
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.