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Italian and Basque


Basque and Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
0.70 million  
99+

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
27  
25
30  
28

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  

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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.

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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.

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