Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
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Spanish
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Egun on
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
chinois
  
basque
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Chinese and Basque 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 Chinese and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Basque language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Basque Difficulty
The Chinese vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Basque 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 Chinese and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.