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Basque vs Russian


Russian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
France, Spain  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Mesedez  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Agur  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
France  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Not available  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Russki  

French Name
basque  
russe  

German Name
Baskisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
rus  

ISO 639 3
eus  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and Russian Language History

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

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

Basque vs Russian Difficulty

The Basque vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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