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Basque and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Egun on  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Agur  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
France  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
Not Available  

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
russe  
basque  

German Name
Russisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Basque  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
baq  

ISO 639 3
rus  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
basq1248  

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

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Russian and Basque Speaking population

Russian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Basque on Russian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Basque Language Codes

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

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