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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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