Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Spanish
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2118
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
Tere
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
aitäh
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Gabon
Head ööd
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Egun on
Tere hommikust
Please
Mesedez
Palun
Sorry
Barkatu
Vabandust
Bye
Agur
Head aega
I Love You
Maite zaitut
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
France
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
68,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Tartu
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
8,700.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Spain
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
750,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Eesti keel
French Name
basque
estonien
German Name
Baskisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Estonians
Origin
c. 1000
13th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Estonian
Language Position
3022
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
eu
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
est
ISO 639 2/B
baq
est
ISO 639 3
eus
est
ISO 639 6
eus
est
Glottocode
basq1248
esto1258
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative