Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Spanish
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
Selam
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Gabon
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Egun on
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Mesedez
i'bakwon
Sorry
Barkatu
aznallehu
Bye
Agur
tschao
I Love You
Maite zaitut
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Barkatu
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Gondar
Where They Speak
France
Gondar
How Many People Speak
68,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Gojjami
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
8,700.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Showa
Where They Speak
Spain
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
750,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.20 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Euskara
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
basque
amharique
German Name
Baskisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Amharas
Origin
c. 1000
13th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Basque
Amharic
Language Position
3055
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
amh
ISO 639 2/B
baq
amh
ISO 639 3
eus
amh
ISO 639 6
eus
amh
Glottocode
basq1248
amha1245
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional