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Basque and Finnish


Finnish and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Moi  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Gabon  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Mesedez  
haluta  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Agur  
Heippa  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
France  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
Not available  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Suomi  

French Name
basque  
finnois  

German Name
Baskisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1543  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Basque  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
fin  

ISO 639 3
eus  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Basque and Finnish Speaking population

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

Basque and Finnish Language Codes

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

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