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Korean vs Basque


Basque vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
France  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
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  

History

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
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

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  

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Korean and Basque Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Basque language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean and Basque Language History.

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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.

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