Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Agur
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
basque
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Basque and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Slovak language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Slovak Difficulty
The Basque vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.