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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

462
0 46
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National Language

Spain
France, Spain

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

French Language
Spanish

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2221
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

hola
Kaixo

Thank You

Gracias
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Zer moduz?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Gabon

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Egun on

Please

Por Favor
Mesedez

Sorry

triste
Barkatu

Bye

adiós
Agur

I Love You

Te Quiero
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

Mexico
France

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Souletin

Where They Speak

Cuba
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Biscayan

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Spain

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

216
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Euskara

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

espagnol; castillan
basque

German Name

Spanisch
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Basque people

History

Origin

210 BC
c. 1000

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Basque

Language Position

230
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

es
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
eus

ISO 639 2/B

spa
baq

ISO 639 3

spa
eus

ISO 639 6

spa
eus

Glottocode

stan1288
basq1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Spanish and Basque Alphabets

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

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

Spanish and Basque Speaking population

Spanish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Basque on Spanish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Basque Language Codes

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