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Russian and Basque


Basque and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Kaixo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Egun on   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Barkatu   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Agur   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
France   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
russe   
basque   

German Name
Russisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Basque   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
baq   

ISO 639 3
rus   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Russian and Basque Speaking population

Russian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available. 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 Russian and Basque on Russian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Basque Language Codes

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

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