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Croatian and Basque


Basque and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Spanish  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Kaixo  

Thank You
hvala  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
kako si  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Gabon  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Egun on  

Please
molim  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Barkatu  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Agur  

I Love You
Volim te  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
France  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
croate  
basque  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Basque people  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Basque  

Language Position
23  
21
30  
28

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
baq  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
eus  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
eus  

Glottocode
croa1245  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Croatian and Basque Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Basque Speaking population

Croatian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Basque on Croatian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Basque Language Codes

Croatian and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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