Countries
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Spanish
Farsi Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kaixo
Silaw
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Sipas
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Gabon
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Egun on
Bayanit bash
Please
Mesedez
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Barkatu
Bibûre
Bye
Agur
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Bê zehmet
Dialects
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
France
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
68,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
8,700.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Spain
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.31 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
7.20 million21.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Not available
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Not Available
French Name
basque
kurde
German Name
Baskisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Basque people
Kurds
History
Origin
c. 1000
16th century CE
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
-9999
Standard Forms
Basque
Kurdish
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
eu
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
kur
ISO 639 2/B
baq
kur
ISO 639 3
eus
kur
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
basq1248
kurd1259
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available