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Basque vs Italian


Italian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
France, Spain   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
ciao   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
grazie   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Gabon   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Egun on   
buongiorno   

Please
Mesedez   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Barkatu   
scusate   

Bye
Agur   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
France   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Not available   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Italiano   

French Name
basque   
italien   

German Name
Baskisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Italians   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
960 BC   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
ita   

ISO 639 3
eus   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
basq1248   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
51-AAA-q   

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Italian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Basque vs Italian Difficulty

The Basque vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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