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Basque vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
France, Spain   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Thank you   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Egun on   

Please
Please   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Sorry   
Barkatu   

Bye
Bye   
Agur   

I Love You
I love you   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
France   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
anglais   
basque   

German Name
Englisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Basque people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Basque   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
baq   

ISO 639 3
eng   
eus   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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English and Basque Language History

Comparison of English vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of English and Basque language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Basque Language History.

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

English vs Basque Difficulty

The English vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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