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Basque and Japanese


Japanese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Gabon   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Egun on   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Mesedez   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Barkatu   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Agur   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
France   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Spain   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Not available   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Not Available   

French Name
basque   
japonais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
1185   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
eus   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Basque and Japanese Speaking population

Basque and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Basque vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Japanese Language Codes

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

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