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Basque vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
France   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Debar   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Basque and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Macedonian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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