Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Egun on
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
coréen
  
basque
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Basque people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Korean 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 Korean and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Basque language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Basque Difficulty
The Korean vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.