Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Mesedez
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
désolé
  
Bye
Agur
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
France
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Not available
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Français
  
French Name
basque
  
français
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Basque and French Speaking population
Basque and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and French languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Basque vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and French Language Codes
Basque and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.