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Basque and Estonian


Estonian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Tere  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Gabon  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Mesedez  
Palun  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Vabandust  

Bye
Agur  
Head aega  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
France  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Spain  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Eesti keel  

French Name
basque  
estonien  

German Name
Baskisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
13th century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Estonian  

Language Position
30  
28
22  
20

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
est  

ISO 639 3
eus  
est  

ISO 639 6
eus  
est  

Glottocode
basq1248  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Basque and Estonian Speaking population

Basque and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Basque vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Estonian Language Codes

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

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