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German and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
France, Spain   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
hallo   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Danke   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Gabon   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Egun on   
guten Morgen   

Please
Mesedez   
bitte   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Agur   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
France   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Not available   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
basque   
allemand   

German Name
Baskisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
ger   

ISO 639 3
eus   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
basq1248   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Basque and German Speaking population

Basque and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and German languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Basque vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and German Language Codes

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

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