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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
Wales

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Welsh Language Commissioner

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.

Similar To

Spanish
English Language

Derived From

-
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2729
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
Helô

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
Diolch

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

Gabon
Nos da

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
P'nawn da

Good Morning

Egun on
Bore da

Please

Mesedez
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

Barkatu
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

Agur
Hwyl

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

France
Argentina

How Many People Speak

68,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

8,700.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Spain
Powys

How Many People Speak

750,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

68
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.20 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Cymraeg

French Name

basque
gallois

German Name

Baskisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Basque people
Welsh people

History

Origin

c. 1000
9th Century

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Celtic

Branch

-
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Basque
Welsh

Language Position

3031
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
cym

ISO 639 2/B

baq
wel

ISO 639 3

eus
cym

ISO 639 6

eus
cym

Glottocode

basq1248
wels1247

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional

Basque and Welsh Alphabets

Basque and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and Welsh. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Basque and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Basque and Welsh Speaking population

Basque and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Basque vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Welsh Language Codes

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