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Swedish and Basque


Basque and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Kaixo  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Gabon  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Egun on  

Please
vänligen  
Mesedez  

Sorry
ledsen  
Barkatu  

Bye
hej då  
Agur  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
France  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
France  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
suédois  
basque  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Basque people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Basque  

Language Position
89  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
baq  

ISO 639 3
swe  
eus  

ISO 639 6
swe  
eus  

Glottocode
swed1254  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Swedish and Basque Speaking population

Swedish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Basque on Swedish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Basque Language Codes

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

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