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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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