Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Spain
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.