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Basque and Danish


Danish and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
France, Spain  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Hallo  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Gabon  
God nat  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Egun on  
God morgen  

Please
Mesedez  
Please  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Agur  
Farvel  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
France  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
basque  
danois  

German Name
Baskisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
30  
28
18  
16

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
dan  

ISO 639 3
eus  
dan  

ISO 639 6
eus  
dan  

Glottocode
basq1248  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Basque and Danish Speaking population

Basque and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Basque vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Danish Language Codes

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

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