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Basque vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
hallo   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
takk   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Gabon   
god natt   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Egun on   
god morgen   

Please
Mesedez   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Barkatu   
unnskyld   

Bye
Agur   
ha det   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
France   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Norsk   

French Name
basque   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Baskisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
nor   

ISO 639 3
eus   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Basque and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Norwegian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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Basque and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Norwegian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Basque vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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