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Basque and Welsh


Welsh and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Wales   

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   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Helô   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Bore da   

Please
Mesedez   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Agur   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
France   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Cymraeg   

French Name
basque   
gallois   

German Name
Baskisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
9th Century   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
wel   

ISO 639 3
eus   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Basque and Welsh Speaking population

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

Basque and Welsh Language Codes

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

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