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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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