Basque and Cantonese
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
France, Spain
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Spanish
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
谢谢
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
下午好
I Love You
Maite zaitut
我爱你
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
France
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Souletin
Xiguan
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Spain
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
basque
Not Available
German Name
Baskisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Basque people
Not Available
Origin
c. 1000
17th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
eu
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
eus
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
baq
Not Available
ISO 639 3
eus
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
basq1248
cant1236
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Basque and Cantonese 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 Basque and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Cantonese Speaking population
Basque and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Basque and Cantonese on Basque vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Cantonese Language Codes
Basque and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.