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Basque vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Gracias  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Egun on  

Please
Por Favor  
Mesedez  

Sorry
triste  
Barkatu  

Bye
adiós  
Agur  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
France  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
basque  

German Name
Spanisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Basque people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Basque  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
baq  

ISO 639 3
spa  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Basque Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Basque language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Basque Language History.

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

Spanish vs Basque Difficulty

The Spanish vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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