Countries
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Spanish
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2718
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2113
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Kaixo
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Gabon
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Egun on
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Mesedez
le do thoil
Sorry
Barkatu
Tá brón orm
Bye
Agur
Slán
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialects
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
France
Connacht
How Many People Speak
68,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Munster
How Many People Speak
8,700.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Spain
Ulster
How Many People Speak
750,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
basque
irlandais moyen
German Name
Baskisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Irish people
History
Origin
c. 1000
c. 750
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Basque
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
3025
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
eu
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
gle
ISO 639 2/B
baq
gle
ISO 639 3
eus
gle
ISO 639 6
eus
gle
Glottocode
basq1248
iris1253
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional