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Basque and Japanese


Japanese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
France, Spain  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Egun on  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Mesedez  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Barkatu  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Agur  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
France  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Spain  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Nihongo  

French Name
basque  
japonais  

German Name
Baskisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1185  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Japanese  

Language Position
30  
28
8  
8

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
eus  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
eus  
jpn  

Glottocode
basq1248  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Basque and Japanese Speaking population

Basque and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Basque vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Japanese Language Codes

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

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