Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Agur
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
basque
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic
  
Basque and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Macedonian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Basque vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.