Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Agur
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Slovenia
  
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
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
basque
  
slovène
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Basque and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Slovene language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Slovene Difficulty
The Basque vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.