Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Spanish
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2762
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2160
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Gabon
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Egun on
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Mesedez
амритана
Sorry
Barkatu
Амарахь
Bye
Agur
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
-
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
France
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
68,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
8,700.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Sadz
Where They Speak
Spain
Turkey
How Many People Speak
750,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
basque
abkhaze
German Name
Baskisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 1000
c. 1650
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Abkhaz
Language Position
3028
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
abk
ISO 639 2/B
baq
abk
ISO 639 3
eus
abk
ISO 639 6
eus
abks
Glottocode
basq1248
abkh1244
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative