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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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