Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Spanish
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
alo
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
multumesc
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Gabon
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Egun on
bună Dimineața
Please
Mesedez
Vă Rog
Sorry
Barkatu
scuze
Bye
Agur
La revedere
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
France
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
68,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
8,700.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Spain
Croatia
How Many People Speak
750,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
Română
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
basque
roumain; moldave
German Name
Baskisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Romanians
Origin
c. 1000
1521
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Basque
Romanian
Language Position
3036
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
ron
ISO 639 2/B
baq
rum
ISO 639 3
eus
ron
ISO 639 6
eus
ron
Glottocode
basq1248
roma1327
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic