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Urdu vs Basque


Basque vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Pakistan  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Kaixo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Gabon  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Egun on  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Mesedez  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Barkatu  

Bye
الوداع  
Agur  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
India  
France  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
India  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
ourdou  
basque  

German Name
Urdu  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Basque people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Basque  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
baq  

ISO 639 3
urd  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Urdu and Basque Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Basque language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Basque Language History.

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

Urdu vs Basque Difficulty

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

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