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Basque and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
Kaixo   

Thank You
obrigado   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Gabon   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Egun on   

Please
Por Favor   
Mesedez   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Barkatu   

Bye
tchau   
Agur   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
France   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Português   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
portugais   
basque   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Basque people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Basque   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
baq   

ISO 639 3
por   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Portuguese and Basque Speaking population

Portuguese and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Basque on Portuguese vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Basque Language Codes

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

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