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Basque vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
France, Spain  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Halo  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Mesedez  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Agur  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Not available  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
basque  
espéranto  

German Name
Baskisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1887  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signuno  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
epo  

ISO 639 3
eus  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Basque and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Esperanto language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Basque vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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