Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Spanish
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
Silaw
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Sipas
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Gabon
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Egun on
Bayanit bash
Please
Mesedez
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Barkatu
Bibûre
Bye
Agur
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
France
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
68,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
8,700.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Spain
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
750,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.20 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.20 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Euskara
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
basque
kurde
German Name
Baskisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Kurds
Origin
c. 1000
16th century CE
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Basque
Kurdish
Language Position
3014
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
eu
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
kur
ISO 639 2/B
baq
kur
ISO 639 3
eus
kur
ISO 639 6
eus
kur
Glottocode
basq1248
kurd1259
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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