Countries
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Spanish
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kaixo
Hola
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Gràcies
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Gabon
Bona nit
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Egun on
Bon dia
Please
Mesedez
Sisplau
Sorry
Barkatu
Perdó!
Bye
Agur
Adéu
I Love You
Maite zaitut
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Caló
Where They Speak
France
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
68,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Valencian
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Spain
How Many People Speak
8,700.002,400,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Spain
Spain
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million4.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Not available
català
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
basque
catalan; valencien
German Name
Baskisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Basque people
Catalan people
History
Origin
c. 1000
c. 1028
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Catalan
Scope
Not Available
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
eu
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
cat
ISO 639 2/B
baq
cat
ISO 639 3
eus
cat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
basq1248
stan1289
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available