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Chinese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
France, Spain  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Egun on  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Mesedez  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Barkatu  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Agur  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
France  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Wu  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Spain  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Not available  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Not Available  

French Name
basque  
chinois  

German Name
Baskisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
chi  

ISO 639 3
eus  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Basque and Chinese Speaking population

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

Basque and Chinese Language Codes

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

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