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Portuguese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
France, Spain  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Olá  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Gabon  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Egun on  
bom Dia  

Please
Mesedez  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Barkatu  
pesaroso  

Bye
Agur  
tchau  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
France  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Souletin  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Euskara  
Português  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Português  

French Name
basque  
portugais  

German Name
Baskisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Portuguese  

Language Position
30  
28
6  
6

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
por  

ISO 639 3
eus  
por  

ISO 639 6
eus  
por  

Glottocode
basq1248  
port1283  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Basque and Portuguese Speaking population

Basque and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Basque vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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