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Basque and Norwegian


Norwegian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
hallo   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
takk   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Gabon   
god natt   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Egun on   
god morgen   

Please
Mesedez   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Barkatu   
unnskyld   

Bye
Agur   
ha det   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
France   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Norsk   

French Name
basque   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Baskisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
nor   

ISO 639 3
eus   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Basque and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Basque and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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