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Basque vs German


German vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
France, Spain  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
hallo  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Danke  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Gabon  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Egun on  
guten Morgen  

Please
Mesedez  
bitte  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Agur  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
France  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Not available  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
basque  
allemand  

German Name
Baskisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
ger  

ISO 639 3
eus  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
basq1248  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and German Language History

Comparison of Basque vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and German language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Basque vs German Difficulty

The Basque vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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