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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

246
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Spanish
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2122
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
hola

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
Gracias

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Gabon
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Egun on
Buenos Días

Please

Mesedez
Por Favor

Sorry

Barkatu
triste

Bye

Agur
adiós

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

France
Mexico

How Many People Speak

68,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Cuba

How Many People Speak

8,700.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Spain
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

750,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.20 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
Español

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

basque
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Baskisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Basque people
Spanish people

History

Origin

c. 1000
210 BC

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Basque
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

302
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
spa

ISO 639 2/B

baq
spa

ISO 639 3

eus
spa

ISO 639 6

eus
spa

Glottocode

basq1248
stan1288

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Basque and Spanish Alphabets

Basque and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and Spanish. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Basque and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and Spanish languages. The Basque phonology consist Basque vowels and Basque consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Basque greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Basque and Spanish Speaking population

Basque and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Basque vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Spanish Language Codes

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