Basque and Norwegian
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Norway
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Barkatu
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
France
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Souletin
Sognamål
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Sogn
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Spain
Hallingdal, Valdres
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
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Basque
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Glottocode
basq1248
norw1258
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Basque and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Norwegian Speaking population
Basque and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Basque vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Norwegian Language Codes
Basque and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.