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German and Basque


Basque and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
France, Spain   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Danke   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Gabon   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Egun on   

Please
bitte   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Barkatu   

Bye
Tschüs   
Agur   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
France   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Germany   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
allemand   
basque   

German Name
Deutsch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Basque people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Basque   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
baq   

ISO 639 3
deu   
eus   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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German and Basque Speaking population

German and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of German and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Basque on German vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Basque Language Codes

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

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