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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Spanish
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
bonjour

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
Merci

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Gabon
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Egun on
Bonjour

Please

Mesedez
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Barkatu
désolé

Bye

Agur
au revoir

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Quebec French

Where They Speak

France
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

68,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
African French

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Africa

How Many People Speak

8,700.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Spain
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

750,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.20 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
français

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Français

French Name

basque
français

German Name

Baskisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Basque people
French people

History

Origin

c. 1000
9th Century

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Basque
Standard French

Language Position

3013
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
fra

ISO 639 2/B

baq
fre

ISO 639 3

eus
fra

ISO 639 6

eus
fras

Glottocode

basq1248
stan1290

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Basque and French Alphabets

Basque and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and French. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Basque and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and French languages. The Basque phonology consist Basque vowels and Basque consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Basque greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Basque and French Speaking population

Basque and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and French languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Basque vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and French Language Codes

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