Basque vs Igbo
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Agur
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not available
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Ibo
  
French Name
basque
  
igbo
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Basque and Igbo Language History
Comparison of Basque vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Igbo language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.
Basque and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Igbo language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Igbo Difficulty
The Basque vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.