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Arabic vs Basque


Basque vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Kaixo  

Thank You
شكرا  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Gabon  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Egun on  

Please
من فضلك  
Mesedez  

Sorry
آسف  
Barkatu  

Bye
وداعا  
Agur  

I Love You
أحبك  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
France  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
Not Available  

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
arabe  
basque  

German Name
Arabisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Basque people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Basque  

Language Position
25  
21
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
baq  

ISO 639 3
ara  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
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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Arabic and Basque Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Basque language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Basque Language History.

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Arabic and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Basque language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Basque Difficulty

The Arabic vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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