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Somali and Basque


Basque and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Egun on   

Please
Fadlan   
Mesedez   

Sorry
sorry   
Barkatu   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Agur   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
somali   
basque   

German Name
Somali   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Basque people   

History

Origin
19th century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Basque   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
baq   

ISO 639 3
som   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Somali and Basque 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 Somali and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Basque Speaking population

Somali and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Somali and Basque on Somali vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Basque Language Codes

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

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