Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Egun on
  
Please
Prosím
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
slovaque
  
basque
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Basque people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Basque language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Basque Difficulty
The Slovak vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.