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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Spanish
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Gabon
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Egun on
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Mesedez
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Barkatu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Agur
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

France
Greece

How Many People Speak

68,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
Griko

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Italy

How Many People Speak

8,700.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Spain
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

750,000.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

basque
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Baskisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Basque people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 1000
1500 BC

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Basque
Modern Greek

Language Position

3074
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
ell

ISO 639 2/B

baq
gre

ISO 639 3

eus
ell

ISO 639 6

eus
ells

Glottocode

basq1248
gree1276

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Basque and Greek Alphabets

Basque and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and Greek. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Basque and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Basque and Greek Speaking population

Basque and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Basque vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Greek Language Codes

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