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Basque and Nepali


Nepali and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Egun on  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Mesedez  
कृपया  

Sorry
Barkatu  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Agur  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
France  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
basque  
népalais  

German Name
Baskisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
19 BC  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Nepali  

Language Position
30  
28
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
nep  

ISO 639 3
eus  
npi  

ISO 639 6
eus  
nep  

Glottocode
basq1248  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Basque and Nepali Speaking population

Basque and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Basque vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Nepali Language Codes

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

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