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Macedonian vs Basque


Basque vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Egun on  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Barkatu  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Agur  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
France  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
macédonien  
basque  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Basque  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
baq  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative  

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Macedonian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Basque language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC 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 Macedonian and Basque Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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