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Croatian vs Basque


Basque vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
Spanish   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Kaixo   

Thank You
hvala   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
kako si   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Gabon   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Egun on   

Please
molim   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Barkatu   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Agur   

I Love You
Volim te   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
France   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
croate   
basque   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Basque people   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Basque   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
baq   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Croatian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Basque language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Croatian and Basque Language History.

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

Croatian vs Basque Difficulty

The Croatian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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