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Portuguese and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
France, Spain   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Olá   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Gabon   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Egun on   
bom Dia   

Please
Mesedez   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Barkatu   
pesaroso   

Bye
Agur   
tchau   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
France   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Souletin   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not available   
Português   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Português   

French Name
basque   
portugais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
por   

ISO 639 3
eus   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
port1283   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Basque and Portuguese Speaking population

Basque and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Basque vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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