Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Agur
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Malti
  
French Name
basque
  
maltais
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
All Basque and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Maltese Speaking population
Basque and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Basque vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Maltese Language Codes
Basque and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.