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Finnish and Basque


Basque and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Egun on   

Please
haluta   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Barkatu   

Bye
Heippa   
Agur   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Finland   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
finnois   
basque   

German Name
Finnisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
baq   

ISO 639 3
fin   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Finnish and Basque Speaking population

Finnish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Basque on Finnish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Basque Language Codes

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

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