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English and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
France, Spain   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Hello   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Good Morning   

Please
Mesedez   
Please   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Sorry   

Bye
Agur   
Bye   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
American English   

Where They Speak
France   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Spain   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Not available   
English   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Not Available   

French Name
basque   
anglais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
eng   

ISO 639 3
eus   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
basq1248   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Basque and English Speaking population

Basque and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and English languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Basque vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and English Language Codes

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

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