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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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