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Basque vs Korean


Korean vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Bye
Agur  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
France  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Spain  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Not available  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
basque  
coréen  

German Name
Baskisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
kor  

ISO 639 3
eus  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Basque and Korean Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Korean language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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