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Basque vs French


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
African French   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Africa   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
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   

History

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
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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French and Basque Language History

Comparison of French vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of French and Basque language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Basque Language History.

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French and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Basque language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common French Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Basque Difficulty

The French vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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