Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Spanish
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2799
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2114
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Gabon
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Egun on
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Mesedez
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Barkatu
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Agur
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
France
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
68,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Hakata
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
8,700.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Kansai
Where They Speak
Spain
kansai
How Many People Speak
750,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
日本語
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Nihongo
French Name
basque
japonais
German Name
Baskisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
c. 1000
1185
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Basque
Japanese
Language Position
308
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
baq
jpn
ISO 639 3
eus
jpn
ISO 639 6
eus
jpn
Glottocode
basq1248
nucl1643
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic