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Basque and Latvian


Latvian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Labrīt  

Please
Mesedez  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Agur  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
France  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Lettish  

French Name
basque  
letton  

German Name
Baskisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1530  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Baltic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Latvian  

Language Position
30  
28
9  
9

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
lav  

ISO 639 3
eus  
lav  

ISO 639 6
eus  
lav  

Glottocode
basq1248  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Basque and Latvian Speaking population

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Basque and Latvian Language Codes

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