Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Spanish
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2749
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Gabon
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Egun on
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Mesedez
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Barkatu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Agur
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Badaga
Where They Speak
France
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
68,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Urali
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
kerala
How Many People Speak
8,700.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Spain
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
750,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
basque
kannada
German Name
Baskisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 1000
c. 450
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Basque
Modern Kannada
Language Position
3031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
kan
ISO 639 2/B
baq
kan
ISO 639 3
eus
kan
ISO 639 6
eus
kan
Glottocode
basq1248
nucl1305
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-