Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
France
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Egun on
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
français
  
basque
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
French and Basque Speaking population
French and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of French and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Basque on French vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Basque Language Codes
French and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.