Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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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
16,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Souletin
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Spain
How Many People Speak
21.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
Euskara
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
somali
basque
German Name
Somali
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Basque people
Origin
19th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Somali
Basque
Language Position
8330
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
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
som
eus
Glottocode
soma1255
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative