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Estonian and Basque


Basque and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Kaixo  

Thank You
aitäh  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Egun on  

Please
Palun  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Barkatu  

Bye
Head aega  
Agur  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
estonien  
basque  

German Name
Estnisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Basque  

Language Position
22  
20
30  
28

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
baq  

ISO 639 3
est  
eus  

ISO 639 6
est  
eus  

Glottocode
esto1258  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Basque Speaking population

Estonian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Basque on Estonian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Basque Language Codes

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

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