Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
France, Spain
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Spanish
French Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
Bonjou
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Mèsi
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Gabon
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Egun on
Bon apre-midi
Please
Mesedez
Souple
Sorry
Barkatu
Dezole
Bye
Agur
Babay
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
France
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
68,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
8,700.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Spain
Cayes
How Many People Speak
750,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
basque
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Baskisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Haitians
Origin
c. 1000
17th Century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Haitian Creole
Language Position
3099
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
hat
ISO 639 2/B
baq
hat
ISO 639 3
eus
hat
ISO 639 6
eus
hat
Glottocode
basq1248
hait1244
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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