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Basque vs Slovak


Slovak vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
France  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Basque and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Slovak language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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