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Italian and Basque


Basque and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Kaixo   

Thank You
grazie   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Gabon   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Egun on   

Please
Per Favore   
Mesedez   

Sorry
scusate   
Barkatu   

Bye
arrivederci   
Agur   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
France   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
italien   
basque   

German Name
Italienisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Basque   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
baq   

ISO 639 3
ita   
eus   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
basq1248   

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

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Italian and Basque Speaking population

Italian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Basque on Italian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Basque Language Codes

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

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