Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Egun on
  
Please
Please
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Bye
  
Agur
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
anglais
  
basque
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative