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Basque and Croatian


Croatian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

National Language
France, Spain  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
bok  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
hvala  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
kako si  

Good Night
Gabon  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Egun on  
dobro jutro  

Please
Mesedez  
molim  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Oprostite  

Bye
Agur  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
France  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Hrvatski  

French Name
basque  
croate  

German Name
Baskisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
9th century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
30  
28
23  
21

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
eus  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
eus  
hrv  

Glottocode
basq1248  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Basque and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Croatian Speaking population

Basque and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Basque vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Croatian Language Codes

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

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