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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
-  
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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

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
0.12 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Euskara  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Russki  

French Name
basque  
russe  

German Name
Baskisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
30  
28
7  
7

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
-  
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
eus  
rus  

Glottocode
basq1248  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
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 0.12 % 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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