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Estonian and Basque


Basque and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Kaixo   

Thank You
aitäh   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Egun on   

Please
Palun   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Barkatu   

Bye
Head aega   
Agur   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
estonien   
basque   

German Name
Estnisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
baq   

ISO 639 3
est   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Estonian and Basque Speaking population

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

Estonian and Basque Language Codes

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

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