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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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