Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
68,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Benaadir
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
8,700.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Spain
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
750,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
basque
somali
German Name
Baskisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Somalis
Origin
c. 1000
19th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Somali
Language Position
3083
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
-
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
eus
som
Glottocode
basq1248
soma1255
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-