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Basque and Turkish


Turkish and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
France, Spain  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Gabon  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Egun on  
günaydın  

Please
Mesedez  
lütfen  

Sorry
Barkatu  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Agur  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
France  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Euskara  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
basque  
turc  

German Name
Baskisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
30  
28
19  
17

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
tur  

ISO 639 3
eus  
tur  

ISO 639 6
eus  
tur  

Glottocode
basq1248  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Basque and Turkish Speaking population

Basque and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Basque vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Turkish Language Codes

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

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