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Basque and Dutch


Dutch and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
France, Spain   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Gabon   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Egun on   
goedemorgen   

Please
Mesedez   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Barkatu   
sorry   

Bye
Agur   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
France   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Not available   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
basque   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Baskisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
dut   

ISO 639 3
eus   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Basque and Dutch Speaking population

Basque and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Basque vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Dutch Language Codes

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

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