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Albanian vs Basque


Basque vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Gabon  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Egun on  

Please
Ju lutem  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Me fal  
Barkatu  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Agur  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
France  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
albanais  
basque  

German Name
Albanisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Basque  

Language Position
14  
13
30  
28

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
baq  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
eus  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
eus  

Glottocode
alba1267  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Albanian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Basque language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 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 Albanian and Basque Language History.

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

Albanian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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