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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
Malta

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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Spanish
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

-
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2730
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
Ħello

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
Grazzi

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
Kif int?

Good Night

Gabon
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Egun on
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

Mesedez
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

Barkatu
Skużani!

Bye

Agur
Ċaw

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Qormi

Where They Speak

France
Malta

How Many People Speak

68,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
Żejtun

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Malta

How Many People Speak

8,700.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Not Present

Where They Speak

Spain
-

How Many People Speak

750,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

62
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.20 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
Malti

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Malti

French Name

basque
maltais

German Name

Baskisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Basque people
Maltese

History

Origin

c. 1000
c. 1470

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Basque
Maltese

Language Position

3025
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

baq
mlt

ISO 639 3

eus
mlt

ISO 639 6

eus
mlt

Glottocode

basq1248
malt1254

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Synthetic

Basque and Maltese Alphabets

Basque and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and Maltese. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Basque and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and Maltese languages. The Basque phonology consist Basque vowels and Basque consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Basque greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Basque and Maltese Speaking population

Basque and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Basque vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Maltese Language Codes

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