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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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