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Basque and Russian


Russian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
France, Spain   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Gabon   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Mesedez   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Agur   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
France   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Not available   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Russki   

French Name
basque   
russe   

German Name
Baskisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Russians   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
rus   

ISO 639 3
eus   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Basque and Russian Speaking population

Basque and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Basque vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Russian Language Codes

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

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