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German vs Basque


Basque vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
France, Spain  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Danke  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Gabon  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Egun on  

Please
bitte  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Barkatu  

Bye
Tschüs  
Agur  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
France  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Germany  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
allemand  
basque  

German Name
Deutsch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Basque people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Basque  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
baq  

ISO 639 3
deu  
eus  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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German and Basque Language History

Comparison of German vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of German and Basque language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Basque Language History.

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

German vs Basque Difficulty

The German vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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