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Basque and Maltese


Maltese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
France   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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