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English vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
France, Spain   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Hello   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Good Morning   

Please
Mesedez   
Please   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Sorry   

Bye
Agur   
Bye   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
American English   

Where They Speak
France   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Spain   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Not available   
English   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Not Available   

French Name
basque   
anglais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
eng   

ISO 639 3
eus   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
basq1248   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Basque and English Language History

Comparison of Basque vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and English language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Basque vs English Difficulty

The Basque vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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