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Basque vs Japanese


Japanese vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Gabon   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Egun on   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Mesedez   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Barkatu   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Agur   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
France   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Spain   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Not available   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Not Available   

French Name
basque   
japonais   

German Name
Baskisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
1185   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
eus   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Basque and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Japanese language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Basque vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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