Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
sorry
  
Bye
Agur
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
basque
  
somali
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Basque 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 Basque and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Somali language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Somali Difficulty
The Basque vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.