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French and Basque


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

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   
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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
France   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Souletin   
African French   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

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   

History

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   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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