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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
France, Spain

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

Italian Language
Spanish

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Kaixo

Thank You

Merci
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Zer moduz?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Gabon

Good Evening

bonsoir
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

Bonjour
Egun on

Please

S'il vous plaît
Mesedez

Sorry

désolé
Barkatu

Bye

au revoir
Agur

I Love You

Je t'aime
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
France

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Souletin

Where They Speak

Africa
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Biscayan

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Spain

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Euskara

Alternative Names

Français
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

français
basque

German Name

Französisch
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

French people
Basque people

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1000

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

Standard French
Basque

Language Position

1330
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
eus

ISO 639 2/B

fre
baq

ISO 639 3

fra
eus

ISO 639 6

fras
eus

Glottocode

stan1290
basq1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

French and Basque Alphabets

French and Basque Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Basque. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn French and Basque languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Basque languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Basque greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Basque are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Basque Speaking population

French and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of French and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Basque on French vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Basque Language Codes

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