Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
France, Spain
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Spanish
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Kaixo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Gabon
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Egun on
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Mesedez
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Barkatu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Jeju
Where They Speak
France
South Korea
Dialect 2
Souletin
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
South Korea
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Spain
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
basque
coréen
German Name
Baskisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Basque people
Koreans
Origin
c. 1000
Before 1st century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Basque
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
basq1248
kore1280
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Basque and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Korean language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Korean Difficulty
The Basque vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.