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Basque and Spanish


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
46  
1
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
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
105,000,000.00  
6
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
0.70 million  
99+

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
2  
2
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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  

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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.

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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.

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