Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Spanish
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
hallo
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
takk
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Gabon
god natt
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Egun on
god morgen
Please
Mesedez
Vær så snill
Sorry
Barkatu
unnskyld
Bye
Agur
ha det
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Barkatu
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
France
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
68,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Sognamål
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Sogn
How Many People Speak
8,700.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Spain
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
750,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
619
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.20 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.20 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Euskara
Norsk
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Norsk
French Name
basque
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Baskisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Basque people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1000
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Basque
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
3018
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
eu
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
nor
ISO 639 2/B
baq
nor
ISO 639 3
eus
nor
ISO 639 6
eus
nor
Glottocode
basq1248
norw1258
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional