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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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