Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Spanish
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2722
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Gabon
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Egun on
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Mesedez
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Barkatu
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Agur
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
France
Israel
How Many People Speak
68,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
8,700.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Spain
Israel
How Many People Speak
750,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
basque
hébreu
German Name
Baskisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
c. 1000
1000 BC
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Basque
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
3023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
heb
ISO 639 2/B
baq
heb
ISO 639 3
eus
heb
ISO 639 6
eus
heb
Glottocode
basq1248
hebr1246
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic