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Basque and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Gracias   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Egun on   

Please
Por Favor   
Mesedez   

Sorry
triste   
Barkatu   

Bye
adiós   
Agur   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
France   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
basque   

German Name
Spanisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Basque people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Basque   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
baq   

ISO 639 3
spa   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Spanish and Basque Speaking population

Spanish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Basque on Spanish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Basque Language Codes

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

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