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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
France, Spain

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
Spanish

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1621
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

ciao
Kaixo

Thank You

grazie
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Come stai?
Zer moduz?

Good Night

buonanotte
Gabon

Good Evening

buonasera
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

buongiorno
Egun on

Please

Per Favore
Mesedez

Sorry

scusate
Barkatu

Bye

arrivederci
Agur

I Love You

Ti amo
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Scusami
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

Lazio
France

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Souletin

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Biscayan

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Spain

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

156
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Euskara

Alternative Names

Italiano
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

italien
basque

German Name

Italienisch
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

Italians
Basque people

History

Origin

960 BC
c. 1000

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

Italian
Basque

Language Position

2730
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

it
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
eus

ISO 639 2/B

ita
baq

ISO 639 3

ita
eus

ISO 639 6

itas
eus

Glottocode

ital1282
basq1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Italian and Basque Alphabets

Italian and Basque Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Basque. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Italian and Basque languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Basque languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Basque greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Basque are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Basque Speaking population

Italian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Basque on Italian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Basque Language Codes

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