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Finnish and Basque


Basque and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Egun on  

Please
haluta  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Barkatu  

Bye
Heippa  
Agur  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Finland  
France  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
finnois  
basque  

German Name
Finnisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Basque  

Language Position
22  
20
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
baq  

ISO 639 3
fin  
eus  

ISO 639 6
fin  
eus  

Glottocode
finn1318  
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, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Finnish and Basque Speaking population

Finnish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Basque on Finnish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Basque Language Codes

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

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