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Basque and Amharic


Amharic and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
France  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
30  
28
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Basque and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Basque and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Amharic Speaking population

Basque and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Basque and Amharic on Basque vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Amharic Language Codes

Basque and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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