Countries
Japan
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Japan
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Egun on
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
japonais
  
basque
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1185
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Japanese and Basque Speaking population
Japanese and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Basque on Japanese vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Basque Language Codes
Japanese and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.