Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
binu
  
Bye
Agur
  
bye
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Benin, Togo
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not available
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
basque
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
All Basque and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Yoruba Speaking population
Basque and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Basque vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Yoruba Language Codes
Basque and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.