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Basque vs Arabic


Arabic vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Gabon  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Egun on  
صباح الخير  

Please
Mesedez  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Barkatu  
آسف  

Bye
Agur  
وداعا  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Maghrebi  

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

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Sudan  

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

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Cyprus, Levant  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Not available  
(al arabiya) العربية  

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

French Name
basque  
arabe  

German Name
Baskisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
512 CE  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
ara  

ISO 639 3
eus  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Arabic language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Basque and Arabic Language History.

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Basque and Arabic 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 Basque and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Arabic language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Arabic Difficulty

The Basque vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Arabic 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 Basque and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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