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Basque vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Egun on  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Agur  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
France  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
Not Available  

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
russe  
basque  

German Name
Russisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Basque  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
baq  

ISO 639 3
rus  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Russian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Basque language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Basque Language History.

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

Russian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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