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Spanish vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
France, Spain  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
hola  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Buenos Días  

Please
Mesedez  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Barkatu  
triste  

Bye
Agur  
adiós  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
France  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Not available  
Español  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
basque  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Baskisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
210 BC  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
spa  

ISO 639 3
eus  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Spanish language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Basque vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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